Liyan Liu,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A method for assimilation Lagrangian data into a layered shallow water ocean model.

Abstract:  We present a method for assimilating Lagrangian data into layered ocean model. The numerical simulations show that the method is capable of correcting the layered flow. Lagrangian data can be used to estimate propagations of information both horizontally and vertically.

Advisor: Chris Jones (UNC)