Dynamical response of equatorial waves in four-dimensional variational data assimilation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-46

  Žagar, Nedjeljka ^a   Gustafsson, Nils ^a   Källén, Erland ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 1142281710     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2004.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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