Data assimilation in operational ocean forecasting systems: the MERCATOR and MERSEA developments

(1) Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. (2) MERCATOR-Océan, 8-10 rue Hermès, Parc technologique du canal, 31526 Ramonville Saint Agne, France. (3) Mohn-Sverdrup Center/Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Thormølensgate 47, N-5006 Bergen, Norway. (4) AWI, P.O Box 120161, 27515 Bremerhaven, Germany. (5) IMAU, Utrecht University, P.O Box 80005, 3508 TA Utrecht The Netherlands.

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