The new eddy-permitting ORAP5 ocean reanalysis: description, evaluation and uncertainties in climate signals

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 791-811

  Zuo, Hao ^a   Balmaseda, Magdalena A ^a   Mogensen, Kristian ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ocean reanalyses; Sea level; Sensitivity experiment

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84930355083     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2675-1     Document Type: Article

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