Adjoint sensitivity studies of loop current and eddy shedding in the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3315-3335

  Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh ^a   Cornuelle, Bruce D ^a   Hoteit, Ibrahim ^b  

^a San Diego   (United States)

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

Author keywords

adjoint sensitivity; Gulf of Mexico; hindcast forecast; loop current; MIT general circulation model; state estimation

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATE ESTIMATION; VELOCITY; VORTICITY;

ADJOINT SENSITIVITIES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GULF OF MEXICO; HINDCASTS; LOOP CURRENT;

PROCESS CONTROL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84885160385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20240     Document Type: Article

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