Simulation of tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans using a HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-282

  Shaji, C ^a   Wang, Chunzai ^b   Halliwell Jr , G R ^a   Wallcraft, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

HYCOM; Non uniform grid; Observed data; Simulation; Tropical circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

MERIDIONAL RIDGES; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCLINE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); WORLD;

EID: 11144257184     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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