TOPAZ4: An ocean-sea ice data assimilation system for the North Atlantic and Arctic

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 633-656

  Sakov, P ^a,b   Counillon, F ^a,c   Bertino, L ^a,c   Lister, K A ^d   Oke, P R ^b   Korablev, A ^a  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Storm Geo AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ICE THICKNESS; KALMAN FILTER; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84869836056     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-633-2012     Document Type: Article

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