Ocean Forecasting: Conceptual Basis and Applications

by Nadia Pinardi (Editor), John Woods (Editor)

1 Strategic Planning for Operational Oceanography.- 2 Satellite Oceanography for Ocean Forecasting.- 3 A Marine Information System for Ocean Predictions.- 4 A Generalization of a Sigma Coordinate Ocean Model and an Intercomparison of Model Vertical Grids.- 5 Atmospheric Data Assimilation and Quality Control.- 6 Sequential Data Assimilation for Nonlinear Dynamics: The Ensemble Kalman Filter.- 7 Assimilation of Satellite Altimetry in Ocean Models.- 8 Ensembles, Forecasts and Predictability.- 9 On North Atlantic Intedecadal Variability: A Stochastic View.- 10 Strategy for Regional Seasonal Forecasts.- 11 Rapid Assessment of the Coastal Ocean Environment.- 12 Forecasting of Sea-level, Currents and Sea Ice in the Baltic Sea.- 13 Predictions in the North Sea.- 14 Forecasting Wind-driven Ocean Waves.- 15 A Multivariate Reduced-order Optimal Interpolation Method and its Application to the Mediterranean Basin-scale Circulation.- 16 ENSO Predictions with Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Models.- 17 Toward Marine Environmental Predictions in the Mediterranean Sea Coastal Areas: A Monitoring Approach.- 18 Primitive Equation Modelling of Plankton Ecosystems.- References.- Subjext Index.

500 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002