A note on the vertical scales of temperature and salinity and their signature in dynamic height in the western Pacific Ocean: Implications for data assimilation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11037-11048

  Maes, Christophe ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033562317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900032     Document Type: Article

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