The ocean reanalyses intercomparison project (ORA-IP)

Journal of Operational Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages s80-s97

  Balmaseda, M A ^a   Hernandez, F ^b,c   Storto, A ^d   Palmer, M D ^e   Alves, O ^e   Shi, L ^f   Smith, G C ^g   Toyoda, T ^h   Valdivieso, M ⁱ   Barnier, B ^j   Behringer, D ^k   Boyer, T ^l   Chang, Y S ^l,m   Chepurin, G A ⁿ   Ferry, N ^c   Forget, G ^o   Fujii, Y ^h   Good, S ^e   Guinehut, S ^p   Haines, K ⁱ   Ishikawa, Y ^q   Keeley, S ^a   Kohl A ^r   Lee, T ^s   Martin, M J ^e   Masina, S ^d,t   Masuda, S ^q   Meyssignac, B ^u   Mogensen, K ^a   Parent, L ^c   Peterson, K A ^e   Tang, Y M ^a   Yin, Y ^f   Vernieres, G ^v   Wang, X ^w   Waters, J ^e   Wedd, R ^f   Wang, O ^s   Xue, Y ^k   Chevallier, M ^x   Lemieux, J F ^g   Dupont, F ^g   Kuragano, T ^h   Kamachi, M ^h   Awaji, T ^q   Caltabiano, A ^y   Wilmer Becker, K ^e   Gaillard, F ^z   more..

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

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^d CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^j CNRS   (France)

^k CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^l NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^m Kongju National University   (South Korea)

ⁿ Bldg 142   (United States)

^o MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p CLS   (France)

^q JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^s CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^u CNES   (France)

^v NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^w Los Angeles   (United States)

^x CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^y FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^z Centre Bretagne   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HEAT FLOW; OCEANIC CONVECTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85059532187     PISSN: 1755876X     EISSN: 17558778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022329     Document Type: Article

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