Assimilating 20 years of Atlantic XBT data into HYCOM: A first look

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 183-210

  Thacker, W C ^a   Lee, S K ^b   Halliwell Jr , G R ^b  

^a Atl Oceanogr/Meteorol Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation theory; HYCOM; Oceanic data assimilation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 1542287976     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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