Geosat data assimilation with application to the eastern North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-61

  Stammer, Detlef ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CIRCULATION MODELLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOSAT; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030953716     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0040:GDAWAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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