The US West Coast Ocean Forecast System (WCOFS): operational prediction, data assimilation research, and coastal ocean process studies

Alexander L Kurapov1, Parisa Heidary2 and Bahram Khazaei2, (1)NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey, Coastal Survey Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, United States, (2)NOAA National Ocean Service and Ocean Associates Inc., Silver Spring, United States