Lagrangian data assimilation in multilayer primitive equation ocean models

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-83

  Molcard, Anne ^a,b   Griffa, Annalisa ^a,b   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATASETS; GEOSTROPHY; MULTILAYER PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 14344257152     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-1686.1     Document Type: Article

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