Abstract Assimilation of ocean colour data into a biochemical model of the North Atlantic P.pdfVIP

/locate/jmarsys Journal of Marine Systems 40–41 (2003) 155–169Assimilation of ocean colour data into a biochemical model of the North Atlantic Part 2. Statistical analysis L.-J. Natvik*, G. Evensen Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Edv. Griegsvei 3A, N-5059 Bergen, NorwayReceived 7 December 2001; accepted 9 August 2002Abstract In a companion paper [J. Mar. Syst. 40/41 (2003)], hereafter referred to as Part 1, we investigated an advanced data assimilation technique, the ensemble Kalman filter, for sequentially updating the biochemical state of a three-dimensional coupled physical–