Title Forecasting near-surface ocean winds with Kalman filter techniques
Authors Anders Malmberg, Ulla Holst, Jan Holst
Alternative Location http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j..., Restricted Access
Publication OCEAN ENGINEERING
Year 2005
Volume 32
Issue 3-4
Pages 273 - 291
Document type Article
Status Published
Quality controlled Yes
Language eng
Publisher PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Abstract English In this paper a statistical forecasting model designed for bounded areas of near-surface ocean wind speeds is implemented. Dimension reduction is achieved by decomposing the covariance structure into one large-scale and one small-scale component using empirical orthogonal functions. The large-scale component is modelled with an AR process and forecasts are calculated by applying a Kalman filter. The model is suited for stable weather situations as for unsteady situations it requires more frequent wind information. From the prediction variance fields it is possible to identify where unexpected weather usually enters the area.
Keywords near-surface, ocean winds, forecasting, filtering, space-time Kalman, dimension reduction, principal components,
ISBN/ISSN/Other ISSN: 0029-8018

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