Global sensitivity analysis in an ocean general circulation model: A sparse spectral projection approach

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 757-778

  Alexanderian, Alen ^a   Winokur, Justin ^a   Sraj, Ihab ^a   Srinivasan, Ashwanth ^b,c   Iskandarani, Mohamed ^b   Thacker, William C ^b,d   Knio, Omar M ^a,e  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation model; Parametric uncertainty; Polynomial chaos; Sensitivity analysis; Sparse quadrature

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84860557367     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-012-9286-2     Document Type: Article

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