Assessing the impact of downscaled winds on a regional ocean model simulation of the Humboldt system

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-24

  Cambon, Gildas ^a   Goubanova, Katerina ^a,b,c   Marchesiello, Patrick ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^a,b   Illig, Séréna ^a,c   Echevin, Vincent ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; El Ni o; Peru Chile upwelling system; Regional modeling; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS; REGIONAL MODELING; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; UPWELLING SYSTEMS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DOWNSCALING; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EL NINO; LA NINA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNDERCURRENT; UPWELLING; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS;

CHILE; PERU;

EID: 84875237085     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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