WOCE Analysis, Interpretation,
Modelling and Synthesis (AIMS) Strategy.
WOCE Synthesis and Modelling
Working Group
December 1997
PREAMBLE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
II.AIMS
AND THE WOCE SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
- II.1. WOCE Goal 1 -
Ocean model improvement
- II.1.1. Heat and freshwater
transports, divergences and variability
- II.1.1.a Direct estimates
of transports across sections
- II.1.1.b Indirect estimates
- II.1.2. Description
of the World Ocean Circulation and dynamical balances
- II.1.3. Variations and
statistics of the circulation and forcing
- II.1.4. Rates and nature
of water mass formation and ventilation
- II.2. WOCE Goal 2
- II.2.1. Representativeness
of WOCE datasets
- II.2.2. Design of a
climate observing system
- II.3. Workshops and
publications for the synthesis of WOCE results
- II.3.1. Regional Workshops
- II.3.2. Woce Conference
and the Global Workshop (1998, 2000 or 2001)
- II.3.3. Ocean modelling
and data assimilation workshops (1998 and 1999/2000)
- II.3.4. Publications
III.WOCE
OBSERVATIONS, DATA ANALYSIS AND DATA PRODUCTS
- III.1. Field observations
- III.2. Data analysis
- III.3. Data assembly
and products
- III.3.1. General recommendations
for datasets and data products
- III.3.2. WOCE Hydrographic
Programme data
- III.3.3. Drifter and
float data
- III.3.4. Upper ocean
thermal and salinity data
- III.3.5. Sea level data
- III.3.6. Current meter
data
- III.3.7. Air-sea flux
data
- III.3.8. Satellite altimetry
data
- III.3.9. ADCP data
- III.3.10. Bathymetry
data
- III.4 Future directions
for WOCE Data Management
IV.WOCE
OCEAN MODELLING
- IV.1. Overview of the
status of ocean models
- IV.1.1. Coarse resolution
models
- IV.1.2. High resolution
(eddy permitting/resolving) models
- IV.1.3. Major unresolved
issues in ocean modelling
- IV.2. WOCE-related ocean
modelling
- IV.2.1. Existing and
planned efforts
- IV.2.2. Available and
needed resources
- IV.3. Strategy for model
development
- IV.3.1. Towards the
WOCE objective: developing a model for climate prediction
- IV.3.2. Process models
and parameterisations
- IV.3.3. Numerics
- IV.3.4. Model-data comparison
- IV.3.5 Long term objectives
- IV.4. Modelling recommendations
- IV.4.1. Ocean modelling
workshop
- IV.4.2. Joint development
of community models
- IV.4.3. Resource requirements
for AIMS modelling
- IV.4.4. Models and Model
products
V.WOCE
DATA ASSIMILATION
- V.1. Introduction
- V.2. Objectives
- V.3. Methods of data
assimilation
- V.3.1. Sequential estimation
- V.3.2. Inverse methods
- V.4. Resources and requirements
- V.4.1. Knowledge
- V.4.2. Training
- V.4.3. Computing
- V.4.4. Data assimilation
centres
- V.4.5. Models
- V.4.6. Data
- V.4.7. Assimilation
method developments
- V.4.7.a Dynamical error
statistics
- V.4.7.b Estimators
- V.4.7.c Optimisation
algorithms
- V.4.7.d Assimilation
into steady ocean models
- V.5. Data assimilation
workshops, training and intercomparison
REFERENCES
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