Ocean initialization for seasonal forecasts

Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue SPL.ISS. 3, 2009, Pages 154-159

  Balmaseda, Magdalena A ^a   Alves, Oscar J ^b   Arribas, Alberto ^c   Awaji, Toshiyuki ^d,e   Behringer, David W ^f   Ferry, Nicolas ^g   Fujii, Yosuke ^h   Lee, Tong ⁱ   Rienecker, Michele ^j   Rosati, Tony ^f   Stammer, Detlef ^k  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e General Data Research Center for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^h JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 79954991918     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2009.73     Document Type: Review

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