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2001, Oceanography 14(1):65–77, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2001.50
Real-Time Data Assimilative Modeling on Georges Bank
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Authors
Daniel R. Lynch | Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Christopher E. Naimie | Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Justin T. Ip | Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Craig V. Lewis | Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Francisco E. Werner | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Richard A. Luettich, Jr. | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Brian O. Blanton | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
John Quinlan | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Jr. | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
James R. Ledwell | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
James Churchill | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Valery Kosnyrev | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Cabell S. Davis | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Scott M. Gallager | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Carin J. Ashjian | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
R. Gregory Lough | National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
James Manning | National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Charles N. Flagg | Brookhaven National Laboratories, Upton, New York, USA
Charles G. Hannah | Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Robert C. Groman | US GLOBEC NW Atlantic Program, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Abstract
Real-time oceanic forecasts were constructed at sea on Georges Bank during Spring 1999. Ship- and shorebased computations were combined to deliver daily 3-day forecasts to shipboard scientists for interpreting observations and planning operations. Data assimilated included acoustic Doppler current profiler velocities, drifter trajectories, and taxa-specific plankton observations from a Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) system. Services provided included basic 3-D circulation forecasts, forecast positions of drifters, dye and zooplankton, and the advective adjustment of observations to produce synoptic maps. The results indicate that real-time, at-sea data assimilative modeling can provide valuable information services and can be deployed routinely, provided that networking among ships, instruments, and shore continues to improve.
This paper summarizes the real-time modeling experience. Results of the larger effort including scientific data interpretation are being reported separately.
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Citation
Lynch, D.R., C.E. Naimie, J.T. Ip, C.V. Lewis, F.E. Werner, R.A. Luettich, Jr., B.O. Blanton, J. Quinlan, D.J. McGillicuddy, Jr., J.R. Ledwell, J. Churchill, V. Kosnyrev, C.S. Davis, S.M. Gallager, C.J. Ashjian, R.G. Lough, J. Manning, C.N. Flagg, C.G. Hannah, and R.C. Groman. 2001. Real-time data assimilative modeling on Georges Bank. Oceanography 14(1):65–77, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2001.50.