Detecting unstable structures and controlling error growth by assimilation of standard and adaptive observations in a primitive equation ocean model

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-81

  Uboldi, F ^b   Trevisan, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b NONE

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EID: 33846275584     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-13-67-2006     Document Type: Article

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