A global barotropic ocean model driven by synoptic atmospheric disturbances for detecting seafloor vertical displacements from in situ ocean bottom pressure measurements

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-148

  Inazu, Daisuke ^a   Hino, Ryota ^a   Fujimoto, Hiromi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric disturbances; Barotropic ocean model; Horizontal resolution; Ocean bottom pressure; Seafloor vertical displacement

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; BAROTROPIC; GLOBAL OCEAN; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; MODEL ACCURACY; OCEAN MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SEA FLOOR; SIMULATED RESULTS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DISPLACEMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 84863438058     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-012-9151-7     Document Type: Article

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