Cucurull, L., Bayler, E.J., and Menemenlis, D. (2024)
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Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024The NOAA Quantitative Observing System Assessment Program (QOSAP) was established in 2014 to address NOAA's capability gap for conducting quantitative assessments for proposed changes to the global observing system. Since then, QOSAP has coordinated NOAA assessments of the impact of current and new observing technologies for Earth systems. Efforts to develop a global ocean quantitative assessment capability for ocean applications are underway. This capability will support rigorous evaluations of the impact of current and proposed ocean observations. Observing system experiments (OSEs) are used to evaluate and optimize the impact of existing observations, while observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) provide information on the potential benefits of non-yet existing observations. Both types of studies are necessary for better planning and decision making. During this talk, ongoing efforts in developing an ocean OSSE/OSE capability at NOAA will be discussed.
