An operational Eddy resolving 1/16° global ocean nowcast/forecast system

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 40-41, Issue , 2003, Pages 341-361

  Smedstad, Ole Martin ^a   Hurlburt, Harley E ^b   Metzger, E Joseph ^b   Rhodes, Robert C ^b   Shriver, Jay F ^b   Wallcraft, Alan J ^b   Kara, A Birol ^c  

^a PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Global ocean prediction; Ocean forecast verification; Prediction of mesoscale variability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERPOLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ASSIMILATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY; FORECASTING METHOD; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037884984     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(03)00024-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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