Modern Approaches to Data Assimilation in Ocean Modeling

Oceanographic data assimilation is now an established field, and its central concern is the systematic improvement of ocean models and the estimation of the ocean's state. This book presents recent applications that combine sophisticated assimilation methods with complex ocean circulation models, and shows where the technique is taking the field.

Ocean prediction has become an important area in its own right. The volume includes reviews of oceanographic questions across different time and space scales, and it shows how assimilation can deepen understanding of them. It also contains early developments in forecasting oceanic flows, which will interest oceanographers and modellers alike.

Only original articles that went through full peer review are included. Edition note: published by Elsevier Science Ltd in 1996, 468 pages. ISBN-13 9780444820792. It is part of the Elsevier Oceanography Series.