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Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-509-2021
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
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21 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 21 Jan 2021

Assimilating synthetic Biogeochemical-Argo and ocean colour observations into a global ocean model to inform observing system design

David Ford

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Biogeochemical-Argo floats are starting to routinely measure ocean chlorophyll, nutrients, oxygen, and pH. This study generated synthetic observations representing two potential Biogeochemical-Argo observing system designs and created a data assimilation scheme to combine them with an ocean model. The proposed system of 1000 floats brought clear benefits to model results, with additional floats giving further benefit. Existing satellite ocean colour observations gave complementary information.
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