Impact of data assimilation of physical variables on the spring bloom from TOPAZ operational runs in the North Atlantic

Ocean Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-647

  Samuelsen, A ^a   Bertino, L ^a   Hansen, C ^a  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REAL TIME; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 72649089655     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-5-635-2009     Document Type: Article

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