State estimation of the North Pacific Ocean by a four-dimensional variational data assimilation experiment

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 931-943

  Awaji, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Masuda, Shuhei ^b   Ishikawa, Yoichi ^a   Sugiura, Nozomi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; North Pacific Ocean; Seasonal change; State estimation

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONALITY; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 0942267310     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000009582.24737.6f     Document Type: Article

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