Variability of the Gulf Stream position and transport between 1992 and 1999: A re-analysis based on a data assimilation experiment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 417-432

  Berline, L ^a   Testut, C E ^b   Brasseur, P ^a   Verron, J ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA REDUCTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE DATASET; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 33645713933     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500254882     Document Type: Article

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