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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
02 Jun 2025
| OPSR | Chapter 8.1
| 02 Jun 2025 | OPSR | Chapter 8.1
Towards Earth system modelling: coupled ocean forecasting
Ségolène Berthou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Met Office, Exeter, UK
John Siddorn
Data, Science and Technology, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Vivian Fraser-Leonhardt
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Pierre-Yves Le Traon
Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France
Ibrahim Hoteit
Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Juan Manuel Castillo, Huw W. Lewis, Akhilesh Mishra, Ashis Mitra, Jeff Polton, Ashley Brereton, Andrew Saulter, Alex Arnold, Segolene Berthou, Douglas Clark, Julia Crook, Ananda Das, John Edwards, Xiangbo Feng, Ankur Gupta, Sudheer Joseph, Nicholas Klingaman, Imranali Momin, Christine Pequignet, Claudio Sanchez, Jennifer Saxby, and Maria Valdivieso da Costa
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Ocean forecasting is traditionally done independently from atmospheric, wave, or river modelling. We discuss the benefits and challenges of bringing all these modelling systems together for ocean forecasting.
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