Impact of Argo on analyses of the global ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Balmaseda, Magdalena ^a   Anderson, D ^b   Vidard, A ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOPHYSICS; SALINE WATER;

ARGO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL FORECAST;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PROBE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 36049052033     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030452     Document Type: Article

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