Hoffman, M. J., Zhang, B., Lanerolle, L., Brown, C. W., , , , . 2019. Evaluating the Benefit and Cost of Assimilating Satellite Sea Surface Temperature into the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System Using 4DVAR and LETKF: NOAA Technical Report NOS CS 39. NOAA, . , .

Analysis, Modeling, Planning, Water quality, Cost analysis, Temperature, Cost-effectiveness

This study assessed the costs and benefits of two data assimilation techniques (4DVAR and LETKF) that could potentially be adopted for NOAA’s Operational Forecast System for the Chesapeake Bay.