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  Title Development of New Techniques for Assimilating Satellite Altimetry Data into Ocean Models Type $loc['typeManuscript']
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Data Assimilation, Reduced Space, First Baroclinic Mode, Ocean Models, Vertical Normal Mode Decomposition, Variational  
  Abstract State of the art fully three-dimensional ocean models are very computationally expensive and their adjoints are even more resource intensive. However, many features of interest are approximated by the first baroclinic mode over much of the ocean, especially in the lower and mid latitude regions. Based on this dynamical feature, a new type of data assimilation scheme to assimilate sea surface height (SSH) data, a reduced-space adjoint technique, is developed and implemented with a three-dimensional model using vertical normal mode decomposition. The technique is tested with the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) configured to simulate the Gulf of Mexico. The assimilation procedure works by minimizing the cost function, which generalizes the misfit between the observations and their counterpart model variables. The “forward” model is integrated for the period during which the data are assimilated. Vertical normal mode decomposition retrieves the first baroclinic mode, and the data misfit between the model outputs and observations is calculated. Adjoint equations based on a one-active-layer reduced gravity model, which approximates the first baroclinic mode, are integrated backward in time to get the gradient of the cost function with respect to the control variables (velocity and SSH of the first baroclinic mode). The gradient is input to an optimization algorithm (the limited memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (BFGS) method is used for the cases presented here) to determine the new first baroclinic mode velocity and SSH fields, which are used to update the forward model variables at the initial time. Two main issues in the area of ocean data assimilation are addressed: 1. How can information provided only at the sea surface be transferred dynamically into deep layers? 2. How can information provided only locally, in limited oceanic regions, be horizontally transferred to ocean areas far away from the data-dense regions, but dynamically connected to it? The first problem is solved by the use of vertical normal mode decomposition, through which the vertical dependence of model variables is obtained. Analyses show that the first baroclinic mode SSH represents the full SSH field very closely in the model test domain, with a correlation of 93% in one of the experiments. One common way to solve the second issue is to lengthen the assimilation window in order to allow the dynamic model to propagate information to the data-sparse regions. However, this dramatically increases the computational cost, since many oceanic features move very slowly. An alternative solution to this is developed using a mapping method based on complex empirical orthogonal functions (EOF), which utilizes data from a much longer period than the assimilation cycle and deals with the information in space and time simultaneously. This method is applied to map satellite altimeter data from the ground track observation locations and times onto a regular spatial and temporal grid. Three different experiments are designed for testing the assimilation technique: two experiments assimilate SSH data produced from a model run to evaluate the method, and in the last experiment the technique is applied to TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 altimeter data. The assimilation procedure converges in all experiments and reduces the error in the model fields. Since the adjoint, or “backward”, model is two-dimensional, the method is much more computationally efficient than if it were to use a fully three-dimensional backward model.  
  Address Department of Oceanography  
  Corporate Author Thesis $loc['Ph.D. thesis']  
  Publisher Florida State University Place of Publication Tallahassee, FL Editor  
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  Funding NSF, ONR, NASA Approved $loc['no']  
  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 589  
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Author Arbic, B.K.; Wallcraft, A.J.; Metzger, E.J. url  doi
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  Title Concurrent simulation of the eddying general circulation and tides in a global ocean model Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2010 Publication Ocean Modelling Abbreviated Journal Ocean Modelling  
  Volume 32 Issue 3-4 Pages 175-187  
  Keywords Eddies; Internal tides; High-resolution ocean models  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1463-5003 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 341  
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Author Smith, S.R.; Briggs, K.; Lopez, N.; Kourafalou, V. url  doi
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  Title Applying Automated Underway Ship Observations to Numerical Model Evaluation Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2016 Publication Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Abbreviated Journal J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.  
  Volume 33 Issue 3 Pages 409-428  
  Keywords Ship observations; Automatic weather stations; Ocean models; Model evaluation/performance; In situ atmospheric observations; Observational techniques and algorithms; Models and modeling; In situ oceanic observations  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0739-0572 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 53  
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Author Ansong, J.K.; Arbic, B.K.; Simmons, H.L.; Alford, M.H.; Buijsman, M.C.; Timko, P.G.; Richman, J.G.; Shriver, J.F.; Wallcraft, A.J. url  doi
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  Title Geographical Distribution of Diurnal and Semidiurnal Parametric Subharmonic Instability in a Global Ocean Circulation Model Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2018 Publication Journal of Physical Oceanography Abbreviated Journal J. Phys. Oceanogr.  
  Volume 48 Issue 6 Pages 1409-1431  
  Keywords Baroclinic flows; Internal waves; Nonlinear dynamics; Ocean dynamics; Baroclinic models; Ocean models  
  Abstract The evidence for, baroclinic energetics of, and geographic distribution of parametric subharmonic instability (PSI) arising from both diurnal and semidiurnal tides in a global ocean general circulation model is investigated using 1/12.5° and 1/25° simulations that are forced by both atmospheric analysis fields and the astronomical tidal potential. The paper examines whether PSI occurs in the model, and whether it accounts for a significant fraction of the tidal baroclinic energy loss. Using energy transfer calculations and bispectral analyses, evidence is found for PSI around the critical latitudes of the tides. The intensity of both diurnal and semidiurnal PSI in the simulations is greatest in the upper ocean, consistent with previous results from idealized simulations, and quickly drops off about 5° from the critical latitudes. The sign of energy transfer depends on location; the transfer is positive (from the tides to subharmonic waves) in some locations and negative in others. The net globally integrated energy transfer is positive in all simulations and is 0.5%�10% of the amount of energy required to close the baroclinic energy budget in the model. The net amount of energy transfer is about an order of magnitude larger in the 1/25° semidiurnal simulation than the 1/12.5° one, implying the dependence of the rate of energy transfer on model resolution.  
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  ISSN 0022-3670 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number COAPS @ user @ Serial 976  
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Author Arbic, B.K.; Shriver, J.F.; Hogan, P.J.; Hurlburt, H.E.; McClean, J.L.; Metzger, E.J.; Scott, R.B.; Sen, A.; Smedstad, O.M.; Wallcraft, A.J. url  doi
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  Title Estimates of bottom flows and bottom boundary layer dissipation of the oceanic general circulation from global high-resolution models Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2009 Publication Journal of Geophysical Research Abbreviated Journal J. Geophys. Res.  
  Volume 114 Issue C2 Pages  
  Keywords energy budget; bottom drag; ocean models  
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  ISSN 0148-0227 ISBN Medium  
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  Funding Naval Research Laboratory Approved $loc['no']  
  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 656  
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