Recent development of the Met Office operational ocean forecasting system: An overview and assessment of the new Global FOAM forecasts

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2613-2638

  Blockley, E W ^a   Martin, M J ^a   McLaren, A J ^a   Ryan, A G ^a   Waters, J ^a   Lea, D J ^a   Mirouze, I ^a   Peterson, K A ^a   Sellar, A ^a   Storkey, D ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEEP SEA; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE;

EID: 84910072587     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2613-2014     Document Type: Review

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