Small-scale variability and model error in tropical Pacific sea level

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Kaplan, A ^a   Cane, M A ^a   Chen, D ^a   Witter, D L ^a   Cheney, R E ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ocean modeling; Small scale variability; Tropical sea level

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; ANOMALY; DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 2342611062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001743     Document Type: Article

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