Stochastic study of the temperature response of the upper ocean to uncertainties in the atmospheric forcing in an Atlantic OGCM

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-113

  Lucas, Marc A ^a   Ayoub, Nadia ^b   Barnier, Bernard ^c   Penduff, Thierry ^c   de Mey, Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric perturbations; Heat content; North Atlantic; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENTHALPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; MESOSCALE ACTIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EDDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM;

EID: 36248994834     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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