Global General Circulation of the Ocean Estimated by the ECCO-Consortium

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Wunsch, Carl; Heimbach, Patrick; Ponte, Rui M.; Fukumori, Ichiro; ECCO-GODAE Consortium
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Abstract
Following on the heels of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) consortium has been directed at making the best possible estimates of ocean circulation and its role in climate. ECCO is combining state-of-the-art ocean general circulation models with the nearly complete global ocean data sets for 1992 to present. Solutions are now available that adequately fit almost all types of ocean observations and that are, simultaneously, consistent with the model. These solutions are being applied to understanding ocean variability, biological cycles, coastal physics, geodesy, and many other areas.
Date issued
2009-06
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64645
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Journal
Oceanography
Publisher
Oceanography Society (Virginia Beach, Va.)
Citation
Wunsch, Carl, Patrick Heimbach, Rui M. Ponte, Ichiro Fukumori, and the ECCO-GODAE Consortium Members. 2009. "Global General Circulation of the Ocean Estimated by the ECCO-Consortium." Oceanography 22(2):88–103. © 2009 The Oceanography Society.
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1042-8275
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