On the influence of adequate Weddell Sea characteristics in a large-scale global ocean circulation model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-99

  Hellmer, H H ^a   Schodlok, M P ^a   Wenzel, M ^a   Schroter J G ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjoint method; Global ocean; State estimation; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADJOINT METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; STATE ESTIMATION; WEDDELL SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WORLD;

EID: 27544503191     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-005-0112-4     Document Type: Article

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