Complementarity of ERS 1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data in estimating the ocean circulation: Assimilation into a model of the North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C8, 1997, Pages 18573-18584

  Blayo, E ^a   Mailly, T ^b   Barnier, B ^b   Brasseur, P ^b   Le Provost, C ^b   Molines, J M ^b   Verron, J ^b  

^a Lab de Modelisation et Calcul   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERS 1; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031414903     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC01223     Document Type: Article

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