A novel method to constrain Loop Current forecasts through assimilation of APEX float profiles and deep velocities

Andrew Smith1, D Randolph Watts2, Kathleen A Donohue2, Clark David Rowley3 and Prasad G Thoppil3, (1)University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, WEST Greenwich, RI, UNITED STATES, (2)Univ Rhode Island, Narragansett, United States, (3)Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States