Interannual to decadal changes in the ECCO global synthesis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-337

  Kohl A ^a   Stammer, Detlef ^a   Cornuelle, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION; HYDROGRAPHIC CLIMATOLOGY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SURFACE FLUX; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 33947509606     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3014.1     Document Type: Article

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