Assimilation of satellite AVHRR SST in an OGCM of the Mediterranean sea: Data processing, new parametrizations, and physical results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3496, Issue , 1998, Pages 118-129

  Artale, Vincenzo ^a   D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^b   Iudicone, Daniele ^b   Marullo, Salvatore ^a   Rupolo, Volfango ^a   Santoleri, Rosalia ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assimilation; AVHRR; Mediterranean; Numerical ocean models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NASA; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER; SPACE OPTICS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE RELAXATION; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; ASSIMILATION; AVHRR; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; MESOSCALE FEATURES; MODEL RESULTS; NOAA-AVHRR; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL OCEAN MODELS; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PATHFINDER SST; SATELLITE SST; SURFACE FORCING; TIME AND SPACES;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 60849115863     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.332715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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