Evaluation of an operational ice-ocean analysis and forecasting system for the Gulf of St Lawrence

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 671, 2013, Pages 419-433

  Smith, Gregory C ^a   Roy, François ^a   Brasnett, Bruce ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis; Coupling; Data assimilation; Forecasting; Gulf of St Lawrence; Ocean; Radarsat; Sea ice; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; GULF OF ST LAWRENCE; OCEAN; RADARSAT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COUPLINGS; DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADARSAT; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 84875376632     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1982     Document Type: Article

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