Mapping ocean observations in a dynamical framework: A 2004-06 ocean atlas

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1201-1221

  Forget, Gaël ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Salinity; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; ALTIMETER DATA; DATA SETS; DATABASES; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT CONTENTS; IN-SITU DATA; OBSERVED QUANTITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN OBSERVATIONS; OCEAN STATE; OCEAN STORAGE; SALINITY; SATELLITE SST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SURFACE DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLAS; DATABASE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77953104583     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4043.1     Document Type: Article

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