ABSTRACT

This work deals with the integration of sequential data assimilation techniques in regional coastal numerical models. Two suboptimal schemes of the Kalman filter are described in detail, both of which can approximate the results of the Kalman filter but at a much lower cost.

chapter Chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|8 pages

The Deterministic Hydrodynamic model

chapter Chapter 3|22 pages

Kalman filter techniques

chapter Chapter 4|26 pages

Study and comparison: the RRSQRT filter and the EnKF

chapter Chapter 5|22 pages

Application on a 2D hydrodynamic model. Test case

chapter Chapter 7|10 pages

Initial tests on a 3D hydrostatic model

chapter Chapter 8|6 pages

Summary and conclusions