Surface salinity response to changes in the model parameters and forcings in a climatological simulation of the eastern North-Atlantic Ocean

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Mourre, Baptiste ^a   Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim ^a   García Ladona, Emilio ^a   Font, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Eastern subtropical North Atlantic; Regional ocean model; Sea surface salinity; Sensitivity experiments

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR STATISTICS; LATENT HEAT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; LATERAL SALT DIFFUSIVITY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 44649168129     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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