Multistatistics metric evaluation of ocean general circulation model sea surface temperature: Application to 0.08° Pacific Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Metzger, E J ^a   Hurlburt, H E ^a   Wallcraft, A J ^a   Chassignet, E P ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BUOY SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 61849087460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004878     Document Type: Article

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