Assimilation of TQPEX/Poseidon altimetric data in a primitive equation model of the tropical Pacific Ocean during the 1992-1996 El Niño-Southern Oscillation period

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C4, 2000, Pages 8473-8488

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

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

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

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033670781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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