Abstract: An empirical orthogonal function analysis of the vertical space?time variability of the thermohaline structure of the ocean in summer and fall 1993 in the Azores Current region has been performed. The analysis used data ...

Abstract: Techniques for the synoptic analysis, vertical inference, dynamical adjustment, and forecast of altimetric and deeper in situ data are presented as a first step towards the design of continuous assimilation schemes in ...

Abstract: The representer functions used to propagate the information from observations onto model variables in a sequential data assimilation scheme are calculated with a statistical method. The Princeton Ocean Model is used in a ...

Abstract: The authors investigate the potential qualitative improvement brought by wide-swath, interferometry-based ocean altimetry measurements with respect to classical nadir altimeters in a coastal/shelf data assimilation system. ...

Abstract: Synoptic maps of the mesoscale dynamic topography in a band between 7.5°N and 7.5°S in the Pacific Ocean are drawn from Seasat altimeter data. They show a set of eddies 600 km in diameter and 15?20 cm in amplitude moving ...