Performance of four sea surface temperature assimilation schemes in the South China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1489-1501

  Shu, Yeqiang ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^b   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Yan, Changxiang ^b   Xiao, Xianjun ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Sea surface temperature; South China Sea; Vertical projecting

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 67349118504     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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