Abstract: Realistic dynamic systems are often strongly nonlinear, particularly those for the ocean and atmosphere. Applying variational data assimilation to these systems requires a tangent linearization of the nonlinear dynamics ...

Abstract: Rossby waves have been detected in the northeast Pacific in time series of in situ hydrographic data, but the limited geographic coverage of such data has restricted the search for Rossby waves to small regions. Two years ...

Abstract: An estimate of the geoid across the Kuroshio Extension at its separation point from Japan is calculated through an analysis of coincident sea surface measurements from inverted echo sounders (IESs) and Topex/Poseidon (T/P). ...

Abstract: TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) can provide accurate tide data in the Yellow and Bohai Seas. The accuracy of T/P as a measurement tool for tides in the coastal seas can be evaluated through comparison to data from in situ pressure ...

Abstract: High resolution, continuous current measurements made in the Korea/Tsushima Strait between May 1999 and March 2000 are used to examine current variations having time periods longer than 2 days. Twelve bottom-mounted acoustic ...