Ocean data assimilation: A case for ensemble optimal interpolation

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 59, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Oke, Peter R ^a   Brassington, Gary B ^a,b   Griffin, David A ^a   Schiller, Andreas ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 80055008080     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.5901.008     Document Type: Article

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