A real time ocean forecast system for the north Atlantic ocean

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 211-228

  Mehra, Avichal ^a   Rivin, Ilya ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid models; Ocean modeling; Operational oceanography

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REAL TIME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77951519991     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2009.04.16.01(IWNOP)     Document Type: Article

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