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Application of a SEEK filter to a 1D biogeochemical model of the Ligurian Sea: Twin experiments and real in-situ data assimilation
Raick, Caroline; Alvera Azcarate, Aïda; Barth, Alexander et al.
2007In Journal of Marine Systems, 65 (1-4), p. 561-583
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Keywords :
data assimilation; coupled physical-ecosystem model; Kalman filter; error analysis; Ligurian Sea
Abstract :
[en] The Singular Evolutive Extended Kalman (SEEK) filter has been implemented to assimilate in-situ data in a 1D coupled physical-ecosystem model of the Ligurian Sea. The biogeochemical model describes the partly decoupled nitrogen and carbon cycles of the pelagic food web. The GHER hydrodynamic model (1D version) is used to represent the physical forcings. The data assimilation scheme (SEEK filter) parameterizes the error statistics by means of a set of empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs). Twin experiments are first performed with the aim to choose the suitable experimental protocol (observation and estimation vectors, number of EOFs, frequency of the assimilation,...) and to assess the SEEK filter performances. This protocol is then applied to perform real data assimilation experiments using the DYFAMED data base. By assimilating phytoplankton observations, the method has allowed to improve not only the representation of the phytoplankton community, but also of other variables such as zooplankton and bacteria that evolve with model dynamics and that are not corrected by the data assimilation scheme. The validation of the assimilation method and the improvement of model results are studied by means of suitable error measurements. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Research center :
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège
Disciplines :
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Raick, Caroline ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Océanologie
Alvera Azcarate, Aïda  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER)
Barth, Alexander  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Océanographie physique
Brankart, J. M.
Soetaert, K.
Grégoire, Marilaure  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Océanologie
Language :
English
Title :
Application of a SEEK filter to a 1D biogeochemical model of the Ligurian Sea: Twin experiments and real in-situ data assimilation
Publication date :
March 2007
Journal title :
Journal of Marine Systems
ISSN :
0924-7963
Publisher :
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
65
Issue :
1-4
Pages :
561-583
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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