State estimates and forecasts of the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico using the MITgcm and its adjoint

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3292-3314

  Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh ^a   Cornuelle, Bruce D ^a   Hoteit, Ibrahim ^b   Rudnick, Daniel L ^c   Owens, W Brechner ^d  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; hindcast and forecast; loop current; MITgcm; ocean modeling; state estimation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OIL SPILLS; SEPARATION; STATE ESTIMATION;

GULF OF MEXICO; HINDCASTS; LOOP CURRENT; MITGCM; OCEAN MODEL;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATOLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84885113387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20239     Document Type: Article

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