The West Coast Ocean Forecast System (WCOFS): skill assessments, data assimilation, and real-time application

Alexander L Kurapov, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, Jiangtao Xu, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Eric J Bayler, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Edward Payson Myers III, NOAA, NOS/OCS, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Jack A Barth, Oregon State University, Marine Studies Initiative, Corvallis, OR, United States, Robert Kipp Shearman, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and Alexander Ignatov, NOAA STAR, College Park, MD, United States