Wind-driven sea level variability on the California Coast: An adjoint sensitivity analysis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 297-318

  Verdy, Ariane ^a   Mazloff, Matthew R ^a   Cornuelle, Bruce D ^a   Kim, Sung Yong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Circulation Dynamics; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Numerical analysis modeling; Sea level; Wind

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTALLY TRAPPED WAVES; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND;

WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892656392     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-018.1     Document Type: Article

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