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Data assimilation methods were largely developed for operational weather forecasting, but in recent years have been applied to an increasing range of earth scie

The field of oceanographic data assimilation is now well established. The main area of concern of oceanographic data assimilation is the necessity for systemati

Data assimilation is an approach that combines observations and model output, with the objective of improving the latter. This book places data assimilation int

This volume covers a wide range of topics and summarizes our present knowledge in ocean modeling, ocean observing systems, and data assimilation. The Global Oce