An ensemble estimation of the variability of upper-ocean heat content over the tropical Atlantic Ocean with multi-ocean reanalysis products

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1001-1020

  Zhu, Jieshun ^a   Huang, Bohua ^a,b   Balmaseda, Magdalena A ^c  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble estimation; Multi ocean reanalysis products; Tropical Atlantic variability; Upper ocean heat content

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT BUDGET; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84864387834     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1189-8     Document Type: Article

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