Open AccessFinal Report: Studies of Ocean Predictability at Decade to Century Time Scales Using a Global Ocean General Circulation Model in a Parallel Computing Environment (August 7, 1991-November 30, 1998)
Author(s) -
T. P. Barnett
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/755811
Subject(s) - predictability , climatology , environmental science , general circulation model , moment (physics) , ocean current , oceanography , geology , climate change , mathematics , statistics , physics , classical mechanics
Determine the structure of oceanic natural variability at time scales of decades to centuries; characterize the physical mechanisms responsible for the variability; determine the relative importance of heat, fresh water, and moment fluxes on the variability; determine the predictability of the variability on these times scales