On the use of current meter data to assess the realism of ocean model simulations

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 399-416

  Penduff, Thierry ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^a   Molines, Jean Marc ^a   Madec, Gurvan ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; MEAN VELOCITY; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT VELOCITY; EDDY; MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; WOCE;

EID: 24344482155     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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