Importance of the assimilation of Argo float measurements on the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the South Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Dong, Shenfu ^a,b   Baringer, Molly ^b   Goni, Gustavo ^b   Garzoli, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING;

ARGO FLOAT; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; COUPLED MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; SOUTH ATLANTIC;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ARGO; BOUNDARY CURRENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 80053043095     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048982     Document Type: Article

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