Influences of the choice of climatology on ocean heat content estimation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 388-394

  Cheng, Lijing ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate records; Data processing; In situ oceanic observations; Sampling; Ship observations

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DATA PROCESSING; ENTHALPY; IN SITU PROCESSING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SHIPS;

CLIMATE INDICATORS; CLIMATE RECORD; HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGIES; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; SHIP OBSERVATIONS; SITU OCEANIC OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT BUDGET; SAMPLING; SHIP TECHNOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84923018906     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00169.1     Document Type: Article

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