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Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

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Ocean Weather Forecasting

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This chapter provides an overview of the effort centered on the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) to develop an eddy-resolving, real-time global and basin-scale ocean prediction system in the context of the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE).

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  1. RSMAS/MPO, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

    Eric P. Chassignet & George R. Halliwell

  2. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA

    Harley E. Hurlburt, Patrick J. Hogan & Alan J. Wallcraft

  3. Stennis Space Center, Planning Systems Inc., Mississippi, USA

    Ole Martin Smedstad

  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

    Rainer Bleck

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  1. University of Miami, USA

    Eric P. Chassignet

  2. LEGI, CNRS, Grenoble, France

    Jacques Verron

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Chassignet, E.P. et al. (2006). Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM). In: Chassignet, E.P., Verron, J. (eds) Ocean Weather Forecasting. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4028-8_16

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