Observing the Galápagos-EUC interaction: Insights and challenges

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2768-2777

  Karnauskas, Kristopher B ^a   Murtugudde, Raghu ^b   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Currents; In situ observations; Model evaluation performance; Pacific Ocean; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CURRENT SYSTEM; CURRENTS; DATA SETS; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; FUTURE OBSERVATIONS; HISTORICAL MEASUREMENTS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; PACIFIC OCEAN; STRIKING EFFECTS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN ARRAYS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; TROPICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; UNDERCURRENT;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 79251484983     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4461.1     Document Type: Article

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