Twelve monthly experiments of 4D-variational assimilation in the tropical Atlantic during 1987: Part 1: Method and statistical results

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-202

  Greiner, Eric ^a   Arnault, Sabine ^b   Morlière, Alain ^c  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b LODYC   (France)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031689630     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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