Ocean Reanalyses: Recent Advances and Unsolved Challenges.

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2019Author
Storto, Andrea
Alvera-Azcárate, Aida
Balmaseda, Magdalena A.
Barth, Alexander
Chevallier, Matthieu
Counillon, Francois
Domingues, Catia M.
Drevillon, Marie
Drillet, Yann
Forget, Gaël
Garric, Gilles
Haines, Keith
Hernandez, Fabrice
Iovino, Doroteaciro
Jackson, Laura C.
Lellouche, Jean-Michel
Masina, Simona
Mayer, Michael
Oke, Peter R.
Penny, Stephen G.
Peterson, K. Andrew
Yang, Chunxue
Zuo, Hao
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Ocean reanalyses combine ocean models, atmospheric forcing fluxes, and observations
using data assimilation to give a four-dimensional description of the ocean. Metrics
assessing their reliability have improved over time, allowing reanalyses to become an
important tool in climate services that provide a more complete picture of the changing
ocean to end users. Besides climate monitoring and research, ocean reanalyses are
used to initialize sub-seasonal to multi-annual predictions, to support observational
network monitoring, and to evaluate climate model simulations. These applications
demand robust uncertainty estimates and fit-for-purpose assessments, achievable
through sustained advances in data assimilation and coordinated inter-comparison
activities. Ocean reanalyses face specific challenges: (i) dealing with intermittent or
discontinued observing networks, (ii) reproducing inter-annual variability and trends of
integrated diagnostics for climate monitoring, (iii) accou.....
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceVolume
6Issue
Article 418Page Range
10pp.Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.aEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
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10.3389/fmars.2019.00418Citation
Storto, A., Alvera-Azcárate, A., Balmaseda, M.A., Barth, A., Chevallier, M., et al (2019) Ocean Reanalyses: Recent Advances and Unsolved Challenges. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:418, 10pp. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00418Collections
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