Impact of resolution and optimized ECCO forcing on simulations of the tropical pacific

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-147

  Hoteit, I ^a   Cornuelle, B ^a   Thierry, V ^b   Stammer, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 38949191286     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHO528.1     Document Type: Article

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