Mean dynamic topography: Intercomparisons and errors

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1841, 2006, Pages 903-916

  Blngham, Rory J ^a   Haines, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geostrophic currents; Mean dynamic topography; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ERROR FIELD; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; GEOSTROPHIC SURFACE CURRENTS; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; INTERCOMPARISONS; MEAN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHIES; OCEAN MODEL; SEA SURFACES;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA; STATISTICS; WATER FLOW;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33645565848     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1745     Document Type: Article

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