An adjoint sensitivity study of buoyancy- and wind-driven circulation on the New Jersey inner shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1652-1668

  Zhang, Weifeng G ^a,b   Wilkin, John L ^a   Levin, Julia C ^a   Arango, Hernan G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT; ADJOINT METHODS; ADJOINT SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADJOINT SENSITIVITY METHOD; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DOWN-WELLING; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; OCEAN STATE; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RIVER PLUME; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TWO SOURCES; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ADJOINT METHOD; BUOYANCY; DOWNWELLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW YORK BIGHT;

EID: 67949092878     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4050.1     Document Type: Article

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