GFDL

Area: Global

Period: 1960-present

Dataavailable: No

Model: GFDLs Ensemble Coupled Data Assimilation (ECDA) system
Resolution: CM2.1: 360 by 200, 50 z-levels, Partial steps
Data assimilated: NCEP reanalysis winds, temperature, and surface pressure (NCEP/NCAR: 1960-1978, NCEP/DOE: 1979-ongoing). HadSST(1960-1980), OISST(1981-ongoing), WOD09(XBT, CTD, OSD, MBT, MRB: 1960-2008), Pseudo salinity(1993-2002), GTSPP(XBT and MRB:2009-ongoing), Argo (2000-ongoing)
Assimilation method: Ensemble Kalman Filter
Forcing and relaxation used: Atmospheric component of the coupled model
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Contact: You-Soon.Chang you-soon.chang (at) noaa.gov
References: Zhang S., M. J. Harrison, A. Rosati, and A. T. Wittenberg, 2007: System design and evaluation of coupled ensemble data assimilation for global oceanic climate studies. Mon. Weather Rev., 135(10), doi:10.1175/MWR3466.1
Information: gfdl.noaa.gov