Assimilation of sea surface salinity in a tropical Oceanic General Circulation Model (OGCM): A twin experiment approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Durand, Fabien ^a   Gourdeau, Lionel ^a   Delcroix, Thierry ^b   Verron, Jacques ^c  

^a LEGOS   (France)

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

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037569581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000849     Document Type: Article

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