Simulated and observed circulation in the Indonesian Seas: 1/12° global HYCOM and the INSTANT observations

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-300

  Metzger, E J ^a   Hurlburt, H E ^a   Xu, X ^b   Shriver, Jay F ^a   Gordon, A L ^c   Sprintall, J ^d   Susanto, R D ^c   van Aken, H M ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global HYCOM; Indonesian Throughflow; INSTANT; Inter ocean exchange; Ocean modeling

Indexed keywords

ARAFURA SEA; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOREAL WINTERS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; LOMBOK STRAIT; OCEAN MODELING; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THROUGHFLOW; TIMOR PASSAGE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS TRANSFORMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; STRATIFICATION; THROUGHFLOW;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953808956     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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