Estimation of tropical sea level anomaly by an improved Kalman filter

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1286-1303

  Chan, Ngai Hang ^a,b   Kadane, Joseph B ^a   Miller, Robert N ^c   Palma, Wilfredo ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATING ANOMALIES; KALMAN FILTERS; SEA LEVEL; TROPICAL SEAS;

EID: 0030452626     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1286:EOTSLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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