Data assimilation in ocean models

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1209-1266

  Anderson, D L T ^a,b   Sheinbaum, J ^c   Haines, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000676814     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/59/10/001     Document Type: Article

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