The assimilation experiment in the southwestern South China Sea in summer 2000

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Xiao, Xianjun ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Xu, Jianjun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation   (United States)

Author keywords

3DVAR; Altimeter; Assimilation; SCS

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648843841     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-9031-4     Document Type: Article

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