An Ensemble Kalman Filter with a complex marine ecosystem model: Hindcasting phytoplankton in the Cretan Sea

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 1 PART 2, 2003, Pages 399-411

  Allen, J I ^a   Eknes, M ^b   Evensen, G ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biological and chemical; General; Numerical modelling; Ocean Prediction; Oceanography; Plankton

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CRETAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037903180     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-399-2003     Document Type: Article

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