Results of the BGC data assimilation.

Cossarini, Gianpiero, Amadio, Carolina, Teruzzi, Anna, Aydogdu, Ali, Pistoia, Jenny, Hernandez, Jaime and Mourre, Baptiste (2023) Results of the BGC data assimilation. Open Access . EuroSea Deliverable, D4.10 . EuroSea, 28 pp. DOI 10.3289/eurosea_d4.10.

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This document presents the results of simulations that include glider profiles assimilation. Simulations are performed with the Marine Copernicus operational biogeochemical model system of the Mediterranean Sea. The deliverable shows that the assimilation of BGC-glider is feasible in the contest of biogeochemical operational systems and that it is built upon the experience of BGC-Argo float data assimilation. Different configuration of the assimilation of glider data have been tested to assess the impact of the physical and biogeochemical glider observations. The deliverable also describes the pre-processing activities of the BGC-glider data to provide qualified observations for the data assimilation and the cross validation of chlorophyll glider data with other sensors (ocean colour and BGC-Argo floats).
Results of the simulations show that BGC-glider data assimilation, as already shown for BGC-Argo floats, provides complementary information with respect to Ocean Colour data (which is the only or the most commonly assimilated data in biogeochemical operational systems). Beside their relatively limited horizontal spatial impact, the assimilation of BGC profiles can constrain model simulations for relevant biogeochemical processes in specific periods (summer and transition periods) and layers (surface and subsurface). Results also highlight the importance of the assimilation modelling systems that can efficiently resolve the inconsistencies between chlorophyll observations of different sensors.

Document Type: Report (Project Report)
Keywords: Glider profiles assimilation, Biogeochemical model, Mediterranean Sea, Data assimilation, BGC-glider data, Biogeochemical processes
Publisher: EuroSea
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Projects: EuroSea
Date Deposited: 16 Feb 2024 14:04
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2024 14:04
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/59987

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