Inverse analysis adjustment of the SOC air-sea flux climatology using ocean heat transport constraints

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3274-3295

  Grist, Jeremy P ^a   Josey, Simon A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN ENGINEERING; WATER WAVES;

LINEAR INVERSE ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; INVERSE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344553327     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3274:IAAOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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