Ocean data impacts in global HYCOM

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1771-1791

  Cummings, James A ^a   Smedstad, Ole Martin ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ocean models; Operational forecasting; Short range prediction

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; OCEAN MODEL; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SHORT-RANGE PREDICTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARGO; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84905914709     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00011.1     Document Type: Article

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