Ocean Data Assimilation in the Gulf of Mexico Using 3D VAR Approach – Preliminary Results

Shastri Paturi1, Zulema D Garraffo2, James A Cummings2, Ilya Rivin3, Avichal Mehra4 and Hae-Cheol Kim5, (1)Axiom/NOAA-NCEP-EMC, College Park, United States, (2)IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, (3)IMSG, NCEP / Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States, (4)NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, (5)IMSG at NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD, United States