Influence of availability of TAO data on NCEP ocean data assimilation systems along the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5534-5544

  Hu, Zeng Zhen ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFSR; GODAS; NCEP reanalyses; TAO data availability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; GLOBAL OCEAN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84941996703     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010913     Document Type: Article

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