Evaluation of global ocean data assimilation experiment products on south florida nested simulations with the hybrid coordinate ocean model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-66

  Kourafalou, Vassiliki H ^a   Peng, Ge ^a,d   Kang, Heesook ^a   Hogan, Patrick J ^b   Smedstad, Ole Martin ^b   Weisberg, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal dynamics; Data assimilation; Florida Current; Loop Current; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONES; DYNAMICS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COASTAL DYNAMICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; FLORIDA CURRENT; LOOP CURRENT; NUMERICAL MODELING;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COASTAL ZONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL OCEAN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT;

BISCAYNE BAY; DRY TORTUGAS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; STRAITS OF FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59349089193     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0160-7     Document Type: Article

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