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Assimilation of altimeter topography into oceanic modelsThe primary goals of the authors are to build an intuition for assimilation techniques and to investigate the impact of variable altimeter topography on simple or complex oceanic models. In particular, applying various techniques and sensitivity studies to model and data constraints plays a key role. We are starting to use quasi-geostrophic, semigeostrophic, and primitive-equation (PE) models and to test the schemes in regions of interest to the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), as well as in the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The impact of scatterometer wind forcing on the results is also investigated. The use of Geosat, European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry data is crucial in fine tuning the models and schemes to the selected areas of interest.
Document ID
19930005783
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Demey, Pierre
(Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Toulouse, France)
Menard, Yves
(Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Toulouse, France)
Pinardi, Nadia
(Istituto per lo Studio delle Metodologie Geofische Ambientali Modena, Italy)
Schroeter, J.
(Alfred-Wegener-Inst. for Polar Research Bremerhaven, Germany)
Verron, J.
(Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble France)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: JPL, TOPEX(Poseidon Science Investigations Plan
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
93N14972
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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