Assimilation studies of open-ocean flows 2. Error measures with strongly nonlinear dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C12, 1996, Pages 28473-28488

  Gunson, James Reginald ^a,c   Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Groupe de Recherches de Geodesie Spatiale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR MEASURES; FLOW MODELLING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPEN-OCEAN MODEL;

EID: 0030428008     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC02780     Document Type: Article

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