Use of the temperature-salinity relation in a data assimilation context

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2011-2025

  Troccoli, Alberto ^a   Haines, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

(TROPICAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033505437     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<2011:UOTTSR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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