Why gliders appreciate good company: glider assimilation in a 4DVAR system with and without surface observations.
Ivo Pasmans, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, Alexander L Kurapov, COAS/Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, United States, John Alexander Barth, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Michael Kosro, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Kipp Kipp Shearman, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States