Description of the SST data assimilation system used in the NOAA Coastal Ocean Forecast System (COFS) for the U.S. East Coast, version 3.2

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• Personal Author:
  Kelley, John Gormley Walsh, 1959- ; Behringer, David W. ; Thiébaux, H. J.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Weather Service. ; United States. National Ocean Service.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; EMC (Environmental Modelling Center) ; NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) ; NOS (National Ocean Service)
• Description:
  "The purpose of NOAA Coastal Ocean Forecast System (COFS) is to provide nowcasts and short-term forecasts of water temperature, salinity, water level, and currents for the East Coast of the United States... COFS is a collaborative project between the National Weather Service (NWS), the National Ocean Service (NOS), and Princeton University... A data assimilation cycle for COFS was developed and implemented semi-operationally on April 1, 1998. This version of COFS is referred to as COFS 3.2. The purpose of the cycle is to provide a three-dimensional nowcast of the coastal ocean physical structure."--p.1.
• Keywords:
  Coastal Zone Management Computer Simulation Forecasting Marine Meteorology Oceanography Ocean Temperature Coastal Zone Management Computer Simulation Marine Meteorology Ocean Temperature
• Series:
  OMB contribution   174
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Technical Note
• Place as Subject:
  Atlantic coast (U.S.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c227e6baaa53d94bd411677e5923aa8d8015f5beef1375b0f9e92821a87be0422bd4910a860eb0116bded198309f68c460cb23bb971bbcf961d533dea087166
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/69910/noaa_69910_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.46 MB ]