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Project 3: Model Data Synthesis

• Assimilation of different data types into the OGCM's.
• Data are sparse in space and time.
• Models are imperfect.
• Data assimilation is a powerful tool to constrain the models where observations are available.
• Models then extrapolate and interpolate the observational information to regions and times void of data.

3a. Assimilation of TOPEX altimetric data into an OGCM of the Atlantic Ocean