2000 SCIENTIFIC REPORT

   
1     INTRODUCTION							 

2     CLIMATE VARIABILITY OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC-EUROPEAN REGION AT INTER-ANNUAL TO DECADAL TIME-SCALES

2.1   Influence of sea surface temperature anomalies on low frequency atmospheric variability over the North Atlantic European sector 
      (C.Cassou, L.Terray, S.Valcke)

2.2   Study of the observed covariations of the sea surface temperature and mid-tropospheric flow signatures over the extra-tropical North Atlantic 
      (M.Drevillon, C.Cassou, P.Rogel, L.Terray, S.Valcke)

3     SEASONAL PREDICTION

3.1   Technical aspects of seasonal forecasting 
      (E.Maisonnave, P.Rogel)

3.2   Seasonal predictability studies in Northern Hemisphere and Europe 
      (Ph.Rogel)

3.3   Evolution of the coupled seasonal prediction system for DEMETER 
      (Ph.Rogel, E Maisonnave, E Machu)						
4     OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION

4.1   Four-dimensional variational assimilation for the tropical Pacific ocean
      (A.Weaver)

4.2   Background error covariance modelling 
      (A.Weaver, A.Piacentini, P.Rogel, S.Ricci)

4.3   Model error estimation in four-dimensional variational assimilation
      (P.Vidard, A.Piacentini, A.Weaver) 

4.4   Global ocean three-dimensional and four-dimensional variational assimilation
      (P.Rogel, A.Weaver, A.Piacentini, E.Machu, S.Ricci, P.Vidard)

5     THE PALM SOFTWARE FOR DATA ASSIMILATION APPLICATIONS

5.1   Implementation of the PALM prototype 
      (F.Guevara, T.Morel, D.Declat, C.Martin, S.Buis, A.Piacentini)

5.2   Development of a PALM breadboard 
      (A.Piacentini, P.Vidard, V.Auffray)

5.3   Design of the final version 
      (D.Declat, T.Morel, F.Guevara, S.Buis, A.Piacentini)

5.4   Applications of PALM 
      (B.Tranchant, Th.Lagarde, S.Massart)

6     THE OASIS COUPLER AND APPLICATIONS

6.1   Development of the OASIS coupler 
      (S.Valcke, L.Terray, A.Piacentini)

6.2   OASIS applications 
      (L.Terray, S.Valcke, P.Rogel, E.Maisonnave)

7     THE MERCATOR ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN PROTOTYPE

7.1   The MNATL 1/3o studies
      (L.Fleury, R. Bourdalle-Badie)

7.2   Evaluation of the forcing fluxes 
      (L.Siefridt, H.Perez, R. Bourdalle-Badie)

7.3   Implementation of the assimilation 
      (B.Tranchant, J.M.Lellouche)

7.4   The Atlantic and Mediterranean Prototype experiments
      (Y.Drillet, R. Bourdalle-Badie, L. Fleury, H. Perez, L. Siefridt)

8     PUBLICATIONS							 
									
8.1   Journal Publications					 
8.2   Conference  Proceedings and Book Chapters			
8.3   Technical Reports	 
8.4   Theses						 

Last update : 28 mai 2003, Nicolas Daget.