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Using flow geometry for drifter deployment in Lagrangian data assimilation
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Salman, H., Ide, K. and Jones, C. K. R. T. (Christopher K. R. T.) (2008) Using flow geometry for drifter deployment in Lagrangian data assimilation. Tellus A, Vol.60 (No.2). pp. 321-335. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00292.x ISSN 0280-6495.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00292.x
Abstract
Methods of Lagrangian data assimilation (LaDA) require carefully chosen sites for optimal drifter deployments. In this work, we investigate a directed drifter deployment strategy with a recently developed LaDA method employing an augmented state vector formulation for an Ensemble Kalman filter. We test our directed drifter deployment strategy by targeting Lagrangian coherent flow structures of an unsteady double gyre flow to analyse how different release sites influence the performance of the method. We consider four different launch methods; a uniform launch, a saddle launch in which hyperbolic trajectories are targeted, a vortex centre launch, and a mixed launch targeting both saddles and centres. We show that global errors in the flow field require good dispersion of the drifters which can be realized with the saddle launch. Local errors on the other hand are effectively reduced by targeting specific flow features. In general, we conclude that it is best to target the strongest hyperbolic trajectories for shorter forecasts although vortex centres can produce good drifter dispersion upon bifurcating on longer time-scales.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Tellus A | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0280-6495 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.60 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 321-335 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00292.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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