Validation of a regional Indonesian Seas model based on a comparison between model and INSTANT transports

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-330

  Rosenfield, D ^a   Kamenkovich, V ^a   O'Driscoll, K ^b   Sprintall, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indonesian Throughflow; Modeling; Oceanography; Princeton Ocean Model; Volume transport; Water currents

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL CURRENTS; DEEP BASIN; GLOBAL CLIMATES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; LOMBOK STRAIT; MEASURED CURRENTS; MODEL-BASED; MULTIPLE TIMESCALES; PACIFIC WATER; PRESSURE HEADS; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; REGION OF INTEREST; REGIONAL MODEL; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THROUGHFLOW; TIME-SCALES; TIMOR PASSAGE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER CURRENTS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; THROUGHFLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953811020     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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