Evaluation and diagnosis of surface currents in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction's ocean analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C9, 1997, Pages 21037-21048

  Acero Schertzer, Carmen E ^a   Hansen, Donald V ^b   Swenson, Mark S ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT OBSERVATIONS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DENSITY STRUCTURE; NCEP ANALYSES; SURFACE CURRENTS;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0031420044     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC01584     Document Type: Article

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