Modeling events of sea-surface variability using spectral nudging in an eddy permitting model of the northeast Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Stacey, Michael W ^a   Shore, Jennifer ^a   Wright, Daniel G ^b   Thompson, Keith R ^c  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ALTIMETRY; EDDY; MODELING; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751082076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003278     Document Type: Article

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