How Does an Unconstrained Deep Ocean Impact an Ensemble Forecast? A Call for Deep Observation Assimilation

Justin Cooke1, Kathleen A Donohue2, Clark David Rowley3, Prasad G Thoppil3 and D Randolph Watts2, (1)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, United States, (2)Univ Rhode Island, Narragansett, United States, (3)Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States