Prediction of particle trajectories in the Adriatic Sea using Lagrangian data assimilation
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Ž The predictability of Lagrangian particle trajectories in the Adriatic Sea a semi-enclosed sub-basin of the Mediterranean . Sea over a period of 1–2 weeks is investigated using three clusters consisting of 5–7 drifters. The analysis is conducted using a Gauss–Markov Lagrangian particle model, which relies on the estimate of climatological mean flow field, persistence of turbulence, and assimilation of velocity data from the surrounding drifters through a Kalman filtering
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