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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UK
Ocean stat estimation for climate research
2009-09-25, Lee, T., Stammer, D., Awaji, T., Balmaseda, M., Behringer, D., Carton, J., Ferry, N., Fischer, A., Fukumori, I., Giese, B., Haines, K., Harrison, E., Heimbach, P., Kamachi, M., Keppenne, C., Kohl, A., Masina, S., Menemenlis, D., Ponte, R., Remy, E., Rienecker, M., Rosati, A., Schroter, J., Smith, D., Weaver, A., Wunsch, C., Xue, Y., Lee, T.; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, Stammer, D.; Institut für Meereskunde, KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany,, Awaji, T.; Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan, Balmaseda, M.; European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UK, Behringer, D.; NOAA/National Center for Environmental Prediction/NOAA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304, USA, Carton, J.; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, 3413 Computer & Spaces Sci. Bldg., Univ. MD., College Park, MD 20742, Ferry, N.; Mercator-Océan, 8-10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, Fischer, A.; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - 1 rue Miollis - 75732 Paris cedex 15 - France, Fukumori, I.; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, Giese, B.; Dept of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA, Haines, K.; Reading University, Marine Informatics and Reading e-Science Centre, ESSC, Harry Pitt Bld, 3 Earley Gate, Reading University, Reading RG6 6AL, UK, Harrison, E.; NOAA/PMEL/OCRD, 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 USA, Heimbach, P.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, MA 02139 USA, Kamachi, M.; Oceanographic Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, 1-1 Nagamine, Tsukuba 305-0052, Japan., Keppenne, C.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, Kohl, A.; Institut für Meereskunde, KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, Masina, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia, Menemenlis, D.; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA, Ponte, R.; Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Remy, E.; Mercator-Océan, 8-10 rue Hermès, 31520 RAMONVILLE ST AGNE, France, Rienecker, M.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, Rosati, A.; NOAA Geophysics Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University Forrestal Campus 201 Forrestal Road, Princeton, NJ 08540-6649, USA, Schroter, J.; Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Postfach 12 01 61, 27515 Bremerhaven, Germany, Smith, D.; Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK, Weaver, A.; Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, France, Wunsch, C.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 USA, Xue, Y.; NOAA/National Center for Environmental Prediction/NOAA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304, USA, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, Institut für Meereskunde, KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany,, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UK, NOAA/National Center for Environmental Prediction/NOAA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304, USA, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, 3413 Computer & Spaces Sci. Bldg., Univ. MD., College Park, MD 20742, Mercator-Océan, 8-10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - 1 rue Miollis - 75732 Paris cedex 15 - France, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, Dept of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA, Reading University, Marine Informatics and Reading e-Science Centre, ESSC, Harry Pitt Bld, 3 Earley Gate, Reading University, Reading RG6 6AL, UK, NOAA/PMEL/OCRD, 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 USA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, MA 02139 USA, Oceanographic Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, 1-1 Nagamine, Tsukuba 305-0052, Japan., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, Institut für Meereskunde, KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Mercator-Océan, 8-10 rue Hermès, 31520 RAMONVILLE ST AGNE, France, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, NOAA Geophysics Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University Forrestal Campus 201 Forrestal Road, Princeton, NJ 08540-6649, USA, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Postfach 12 01 61, 27515 Bremerhaven, Germany, Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK, Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, France, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 USA, NOAA/National Center for Environmental Prediction/NOAA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304, USA, Hall, J., Harrison, D. E., Stammer, D., Hall, J.; Nationale Institute of Water and Atmosphere, Hamilton Box 11-115, Hamilton, New Zeland, Harrison, D. E.; NOAA/PMEL/OCRD, 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98125 USA, Stammer, D.; Institut für Meereskunde, KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, Nationale Institute of Water and Atmosphere, Hamilton Box 11-115, Hamilton, New Zeland, NOAA/PMEL/OCRD, 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98125 USA, Institut für Meereskunde, KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Spurred by the sustained operation and new development of satellite and in-situ observing systems, global ocean state estimation efforts that gear towards climate applications have flourished in the past decade. A hierarchy of estimation methods is being used to routinely synthesize various observations with global ocean models. Many of the estimation products are available through public data servers. There have been an increasingly large number of applications of these products for a wide range of research topics in physical oceanography as well as other disciplines. These studies often provide important feedback for observing systems design. This white paper describes the approaches used by these estimation systems in synthesizing observations and model dynamics, highlights the applications of their products for climate research, and addresses the challenges ahead in relation to the observing systems. Additional applications to study climate variability using an ensemble of state estimation products are described also by a white paper by Stammer et al.