Assimilation of TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data with a reduced gravity model of the Japan Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Hirose, Naoki ^a   Fukumori, Ichiro ^b   Yoon, Jong Hwan ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Japan Sea; Kalman filter; Reduced gravity model; Sea level; TOPEX POSEIDON

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0032775955     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007707405711     Document Type: Article

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