A case for variational geomagnetic data assimilation: Insights from a one-dimensional, nonlinear, and sparsely observed MHD system

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-180

  Fournier, A ^a   Eymin, C ^a   Alboussiere T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY;

EID: 34247469699     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-14-163-2007     Document Type: Article

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