Observing System Evaluation Based on Ocean Data Assimilation and Prediction Systems: On-Going Challenges and a Future Vision for Designing and Supporting Ocean Observational Networks

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Fujii, Yosuke, Remy, Elisabeth, Zuo, Hao, Oke, Peter, Halliwell, George, Gasparin, Florent, Benkiran, Mounir, Loose, Nora, Cummings, James, Xie, Jiping, Xue, Yan, Masuda, Shuhei, Smith, Gregory C., Balmaseda, Magdalena, Germineaud, Cyril, Lea, Daniel J., Larnicol, Gilles, Bertino, Laurent, Bonaduce, Antonio, Brasseur, Pierre, Donlon, Craig, Heimbach, Patrick, Kim, Youngho, Kourafalou, Villy, Le Traon, Pierre-yves, Martin, Matthew, Paturi, Shastri, Tranchant, Benoit, Usui, Norihisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media Sa 2019
• Subjects: observing system evaluation; ocean data assimilation; ocean prediction; OSSE (observing system simulation experiment); OSE (observing system experiment); GODAE OceanView; OceanPredict; CLIVAR-GSOP; Triton; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00878/98982/108747.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00417; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00878/98982/

This paper summarizes recent efforts on Observing System Evaluation (OS-Eval) by the Ocean Data Assimilation and Prediction (ODAP) communities such as GODAE OceanView and CLIVAR-GSOP. It provides some examples of existing OS-Eval methodologies, and attempts to discuss the potential and limitation of...