Impact of data assimilation on ocean initialization and El Niño prediction

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 742-753

  Ji, Ming ^a,b   Leetmaa, Ants ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001098341     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0742:IODAOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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