2005/03/01 by D. Menemenlis, Dimitris Menemenlis, Chris Hill +23
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Climate variability and models #Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
paper · doi:10.1029/2005eo090002
openalex publication_date 2005/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Estimates of ocean circulation constrained by in situ and remotely sensed observations have become routinely available during the past five years, and they are being applied to myriad scientific and operational problems [ Stammer et al ., 2002]. Under the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE), several regional and global estimates have evolved for applications in climate research, seasonal forecasting, naval operations, marine safety, fisheries, the offshore oil industry coastal management, and other areas. This article reports on recent progress by one effort, the consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO), toward a next‐generation synthesis of ocean and sea‐ice data that is global, that covers the full ocean depth, and that permits eddies.