A three-dimensional variational ocean data assimilation system: Scheme and preliminary results

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1212-1222

  Zhu, Jiang ^a,b   Zhou, Guangqing ^a   Yan, Changxiang ^a   Fu, Weiwei ^a   You, Xiaobao ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3DVAR; ARGO floats; Data assimilation; Sea surface height

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEAN VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOY SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; SALINITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEAWATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33846484854     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-1212-9     Document Type: Article

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