Evaluation of the CMCC eddy-permitting global ocean physical reanalysis system (C-GLORS, 1982-2012) and its assimilation components

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 695, 2016, Pages 738-758

  Storto, Andrea ^a   Masina, Simona ^a,b   Navarra, Antonio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Model validation; Ocean synthesis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DOWNSTREAM APPLICATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MODEL VALIDATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN CIRCULATION; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84946430149     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2673     Document Type: Article

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