Model-Observations Synergy in the Coastal Ocean
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Date | 2019-07 | ||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||
Author(s) | de Mey-Frémaux Pierre1, Ayoub Nadia1, Barth Alexander2, Brewin Robert3, Charria Guillaume![]() |
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Affiliation(s) | 1 : Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Toulouse, France 2 : GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research Group, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium 3 : National Centre for Earth Observation, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom 4 : Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Plouzané, France 5 : MARETEC – Marine Environment and Technology Center, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 6 : Department of Meteorology, Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 : Ocean Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States 8 : Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Lecce, Italy 9 : Key Laboratory of Research on Marine Hazards Forecasting, National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, China 10 : Mercator Ocean, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France 11 : Puertos del Estado, Madrid, Spain 12 : Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom 13 : Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway 14 : National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom 15 : Department of Ocean Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States 16 : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada 17 : Sistema d’Observació i Predicció Costaner de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 18 : IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, Esporles, Spain 19 : Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany |
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Source | Frontiers In Marine Science (2296-7745) (Frontiers Media SA), 2019-07 , Vol. 6 , N. 436 , P. 10p. | ||||||||
DOI | 10.3389/fmars.2019.00436 | ||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 25 | ||||||||
Keyword(s) | coastal, ocean, observations, models, synergy, synthesis, assimilation, array design | ||||||||
Abstract | Integration of observations of the coastal ocean continuum, from regional oceans to shelf seas and estuaries/deltas with models, can substantially increase the value of observations and enable a wealth of applications. In particular, models can play a critical role at connecting sparse observations, synthesizing them, and assisting the design of observational networks; in turn, whenever available, observations can guide coastal model development. Coastal observations should sample the two-way interactions between nearshore, estuarine and shelf processes and open ocean processes, while accounting for the different pace of circulation drivers, such as the fast atmospheric, hydrological and tidal processes and the slower general ocean circulation and climate scales. Because of these challenges, high-resolution models can serve as connectors and integrators of coastal continuum observations. Data assimilation approaches can provide quantitative, validated estimates of Essential Ocean Variables in the coastal continuum, adding scientific and socioeconomic value to observations through applications (e.g., sea-level rise monitoring, coastal management under a sustainable ecosystem approach, aquaculture, dredging, transport and fate of pollutants, maritime safety, hazards under natural variability or climate change). We strongly recommend an internationally coordinated approach in support of the proper integration of global and coastal continuum scales, as well as for critical tasks such as community-agreed bathymetry and coastline products. |
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