Altimetric assimilation with water property conservation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 1059-1077

  Cooper, Mike ^a   Haines, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WATER COLUMN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029730250     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02902     Document Type: Article

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