Research Article

Sensitivity of Sea Surface Temperature Simulation by an Ocean Model to the Resolution of the Meteorological Forcing

Table 1

Summary of model simulations.

Simulations IDAtmospheric forcing Period of simulation

N98NCEP (1.6° resolution, 6 hourly)01 Jun 1998–15 Sep 1998
N08NCEP (1.6° resolution, 6 hourly)01 Jan 2008–31 Dec 2008
B08BADC (0.11° resolution, 6 hourly)01 Jan 2008–31 Dec 2008