The Mercator global ocean operational analysis system: Assessment and validation of an 11-year reanalysis

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 540-560

  Ferry, Nicolas ^a   Rémy, Elisabeth ^a   Brasseur, Pierre ^b   Maes, Christophe ^c  

^a MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Data assimilation; Global ocean prediction; GODAE; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALTIMETRY; DATA ASSIMILATION; GLOBAL OCEAN PREDICTION; OCEAN MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANOMALY; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR CORRECTION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GLOBAL OCEAN; INTERPOLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33846997530     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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