Adjoint data assimilation in coupled atmosphere-ocean models: Determining initial conditions in a simple equatorial model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 737-748

  Lu, Jingxi ^a   Hsieh, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0041175235     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.5_737     Document Type: Article

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