Part IV: Data assimilation
Chapter 10: P. Brasseur, Ocean data assimilation using sequential
Chapter 11: I. Fukumori, What is data assimilation really solving,
and how is the calculation actually done?
317
Chapter 12: F. Rabier, Importance of data: A meteorological
perspective
343
Chapter 13: D. Anderson, M. Balmaseda, and A. Vidard, The
ECMWF perspective
361
Part V: Systems
Chapter 14: P. Bahurel, MERCATOR OCEAN global to regional
ocean monitoring and forecasting
381
Chapter 15: M. Bell, R. Barciela, A. Hines, M. Martin, A. Sellar,
and D. Storkey, The Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model
(FOAM) system
397
Chapter 16: E. Chassignet, H. Hurlburt, O.M. Smedstad,
G. Halliwell, P. Hogan, A. Wallcraft, and R. Bleck, Ocean
prediction with the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)
413
Chapter 17: A. Schiller and N. Smith, BLUElink: Large-to-coastal
scale operational oceanography in the Southern Hemisphere
427
Chapter 18: J.F. Minster, Operational oceanography: A European
perspective
441
Chapter 19: Y. Desaubies, MERSEA: Development of a European
ocean monitoring and forecasting system
449
Chapter 20: L. Crosnier and C. Le Provost, Internal metrics
definition for operational forecast systems inter-comparison:
Example in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
455
Chapter 21: J. Harding and J. Rigney, Operational oceanography
in the U.S. Navy: A GODAE perspective
467
Chapter 22: M. Altalo, Applications of ocean forecast information
for economic advancement in developed and developing societies
483
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methods based on the Kalman filter
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