Assimilation of equatorial waves by line-of-sight wind observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1877-1893

  Žagar, Nedjeljka ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GRAVITATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; WAVES;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EQUATORIAL WAVES; LINE-OF-SIGHT (LOS); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DATA ASSIMILATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 4344680651     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1877:AOEWBL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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