Publications
Methodology:

  1. Carton, J.A., B.S. Giese, X. Cao, and L. Miller, 1996: Impact of TOPEX and thermistor data on retrospective analyses of the tropical Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. , 101,14,147-14,159
  2. Chepurin, G., and J.A. Carton, 1999: Comparison of retrospective analyses of the global ocean heat content, Dynam. Atmos. Oceans, 29, 119-145.
  3. Carton, J.A., G. Chepurin, X. Cao, and B.S. Giese, 2000a: A Simple Ocean Data Assimilation analysis of the global upper ocean 1950-1995, Part 1: methodology,  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 294-309.
  4. Carton, J.A., G. Chepurin, and X. Cao, 2000b:  A Simple Ocean Data Assimilation analysis of the global upper ocean 1950-1995 Part 2: results, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 311-326.
  5. Chepurin, G., J.A. Carton, and D.P. Dee, 2003: Forecast model bias correction in ocean data assimilation, , submitted.

pdf copies available through http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~carton/carton/ref.html

Some Results (by us and by other groups):
  1. Carton, J.A., B.S. Giese, X. Cao, and L. Miller, 1996: Impact of TOPEX and thermistor data on retrospective analyses of the tropical Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. , 101,14,147-14,159.
  2. Carton, J.A., X. Cao, B.S. Giese, and A.M. da Silva, 1996: Decadal and interannual SST variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 1165-1175.
  3. Giese, B.S., and J.A. Carton, 1999:    Interannual and decadal variability in the tropical and midlatitude Pacific Ocean, J. Clim., 12, 3402-3418. 
  4. Ruiz-Barradas A, Carton JA, Nigam S., 2000: Structure of interannual-to-decadal climate variability in the tropical Atlantic sector, J CLIMATE 13 (18): 3285-3297. 
  5. Masina S, Pinardi N, Navarra A, 2001: A global ocean temperature and altimeter data assimilation system for studies of climate variability, CLIM DYNAM 17 (9): 687-700.
  6. Grodsky SA, Carton JA., 2001: Intense surface currents in the tropical Pacific during 1996-1998, J GEOPHYS RES-OCEANS 106 (C8): 16673-16684.
  7. Weaver A, Courtier P., 2001: Correlation modelling on the sphere using a generalized diffusion equation  Q J ROY METEOR SOC 127 (575): 1815-1846 Sp. Iss. A .
  8. Chang P, Giese BS, Ji L, et al., 2001: Decadal change in the south tropical Pacific in a global assimilation analysis., GEOPHYS RES LETT 28 (18): 3461-3464.
  9. Wang B, An SI., 2001:  Why the properties of El Nino changed during the late 1970s., GEOPHYS RES LETT 28 (19): 3709-3712. 
  10. Segschneider J, Anderson DLT, Vialard J, et al., 2001:  Initialization of seasonal forecasts assimilating sea level and temperature observations. J CLIMATE 14 (22): 4292-4307.
  11. Grodsky SA, Carton JA, Murtugudde R., 2001: Anomalous surface currents in the tropical Indian Ocean
     GEOPHYS RES LETT 28 (22): 4207-4210.
  12.  Huang BY, Liu ZY, 2001: Temperature trend of the last 40 yr in the upper Pacific Ocean.
      J CLIMATE 14 (17): 3738-3750.
  13.  Auad G, Miller AJ, Roads JO, et al., 2001: Pacific Ocean wind stress and surface heat flux anomalies from NCEP reanalysis and observations: Cross-statistics and ocean model responses
     J GEOPHYS RES-OCEANS 106 (C10): 22249-22265. 
  14. Wang, J. and J.A. Carton, 2002: Seasonal heat budgets of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, J. Phys. Oceanogr.,32 , 3474-3489. 
  15. Chepurin, G.A., and J.A. Carton, 2002: Secular trends in the near-surface currents of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, Geophys. Res. Letts. , 29, art. #1828.