Impact of data assimilation of glider observations in the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-92

  Dobricic, Srdjan ^a   Pinardi, Nadia ^b,c   Testor, Pierre ^d   Send, Uwe ^e  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e SIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ionian Stream; Data assimilation; Glider

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC IONIAN STREAM; DATA ASSIMILATION; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; IN-SITU; IONIAN SEA; NEAR-SURFACE; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STREAM DATA; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; HYDRAULICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

GLIDERS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77953022346     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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