Variational Data Assimilation for Optimizing Boundary Conditions in   Ocean Models
  The review describes the development of ideas Gury Ivanovich Marchuk in the field of variational data assimilation for ocean models applied in particular in coupled models for long-range weather forecasts. Particular attention is paid to the optimization of boundary conditions on rigid boundaries. As idealized and realistic model configurations are considered. It is shown that the optimization allows us to determine the most sensitive model operators and bring the model solution closer to the assimilated data. 
Christine Kazantsev (AIRSEA), Eugene Kazantsev (AIRSEA), Mikhail   Tolstykh (INM-RAS)
physics.ao-ph math.OC