Assimilation of drifter and satellite data in a model of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1001-1013

  Fan, Shejun ^a   Oey, Lie Yauw ^a   Hamilton, Peter ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation model; Data assimilation; Drifter; Gulf of Mexico; Satellite

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 2642551751     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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