Influence of the 26°n RAPID-MOCHA array and Florida Current cable observations on the ECCO-GODAE state estimate

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 865-879

  Baehr, Johanna ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field experiments; In situ observations; Meridional overturning circulation; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean circulation; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

FIELD EXPERIMENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODEL;

CABLES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77955696690     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4118.1     Document Type: Article

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