Putting models to the data test: A case study using Indian Ocean CFC-11 data

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Peacock, Synte ^a   Maltrud, Mathew ^b   Bleck, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modelling; Ocean circulation; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EDDY CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PARALLEL OCEAN PROGRAM (POP) MODEL; TIME-AVERAGED MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CFC; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE; TRACER;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10444247385     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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