Automatic Calculation of Characteristic Values for Sea Ice Data Assimilation

Michael M.D. Ross
RER Energy Inc.

Mark Buehner
Meteorological Research Division (Environment Canada)

Tom Carrieres
Canadian Ice Service (Environment Canada)

Acknowledgements:

Research conducted on behalf of the Canadian Ice Service and the Meteorological Research Division (Environment Canada) with partial funding from the Panel on Energy Research and Development (PERD) and the Canadian Space Agency-Government Related Initiatives Program (CSA-GRIP).

Citation:

Ross, Michael M. D., Mark Buehner and Tom Carrieres. "Automatic Calculation of Characteristic Values for Sea Ice Data Assimilation". Presentation at International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling and Data Assimilation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 12, 2011.

Presentation Outline:

• Define “Characteristic Values” (CVs)
• Example: CVs for NASA Team retrieval
• Motivation for automatic calculation of CVs
• Overview CV calculation code
• Some results for NASA Team CVs
• Automatic CV calculation beyond NASA Team retrieval

Created 2005/07/18   Updated 2012/10/02     ©2005-2012 RER Energy Inc.