Assimilation of TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data into a global ocean circulation model: How good are the results?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C11, 1999, Pages 25647-25665

  Fukumori, Ichiro ^a   Raghunath, Ramanujam ^a   Fu, Lee Lueng ^a   Chao, Yi ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0033571825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900193     Document Type: Article

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