Quality assessment of the TOPAZ4 reanalysis in the Arctic over the period 1991–2013

Long dynamical atmospheric reanalyses are widely used for climate studies, but data-assimilative reanalyses of ocean and sea ice in the Arctic are less common. TOPAZ4 is a coupled ocean and sea ice data assimilation system for the North Atlantic and the Arctic that is based on the HYCOM ocean model...

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Main Authors: J. Xie, L. Bertino, F. Counillon, K. A. Lisæter, P. Sakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-02-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:http://www.ocean-sci.net/13/123/2017/os-13-123-2017.pdf