Assimilation of high-frequency radar currents in a nested model of the West Florida Shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Barth, A ^a,b   Alvera Azcarate A ^a,b   Weisberg, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS; VECTORS; WIND EFFECTS;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; MODELING; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 56049098552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004585     Document Type: Article

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