Comparative assimilation of Topex/Poseidon and ERS altimeter data and of TAO temperature data in the tropical Pacific ocean during 1994-1998, and the mean sea-surface height issue

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 40-41, Issue , 2003, Pages 381-401

  Parent, Laurent ^a   Testut, Charles Emmanuel ^a   Brankart, Jean Michel ^a   Verron, Jacques ^a   Brasseur, Pierre ^a   Gourdeau, Lionel ^b  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Assimilation; El Ni o; Mean sea surface height (MSSH); Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

DATA ASSIMILATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALTIMETRY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERS-1; KALMAN FILTER; MODELING; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037696311     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(03)00026-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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