Projects Database

CICAR - Multivariate Approach to Ensemble Reconstruction of Historical Marine Surface Winds from Ships and Satellites

Project Leader:
Dr. Alexey Kaplan

Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Alexey Kaplan

EI Collaborators:
Mark Cane
Yochanan Kushnir

Special Locations:
Global Ocean, Tropics, Indian Ocean

Description:
Research Goals:
-Developing adequate techniques for multivariate analyses of winds and related variables.
-Use of objective multivariate analysis approach for removing spurious long-term trends in wind data.
-Developing and utilizing the procedure for representing the analysis uncertainty by an ensemble of possible realizations.
-Applying newly developed products for addressing relevant questions about Indian monsoon -- global warming connections and genesis of the PDO

EI Unit:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

Cross Cutting Themes:
Climate and Society

Core Disciplines:
Earth Sciences

Funding Agency:
NOAA

Last Modified: 12-31-1969