The sensitivity of a global ocean model to wind forcing: A test using sea level and wind observations from satellites and operational wind analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1783-1786

  Fu, Lee Lueng ^a   Chao, Yi ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RAIN; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN VARIABILITIES; OPERATIONAL WIND ANALYSIS; RADAR SCATTEROMETER; WIND FORCING;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEAN; SATELLITE; WIND;

ALTIMETER; OCEANIC GCM; OGCM; RADAR; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY; TOPEX/POSEIDON; WIND FORCING;

GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; HIGH LATITUDES; INTRA-SEASONAL; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITE SENSORS; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0031193802     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01532     Document Type: Article

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