An extended Kalman filter to assimilate satellite altimeter data into a nonlinear numerical model of the tropical Pacific Ocean: Method and validation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C3, 1999, Pages 5441-5458

  Verron, J ^a   Gourdeau, L ^b,e   Pham, D T ^c   Murtugudde, R ^d   Busalacchi, A J ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Inst Francais Rech Sci pour DC   (New Caledonia)

^c Laboratoire de Modelisation et Calcul   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033559539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900079     Document Type: Article

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