Methods and applications of ocean synthesis in climate research

International Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 581-608

  Schiller, Andreas ^a   Lee, Tong ^b   Masuda, Shuhei ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate research; Impact of observations; Methods and applications; Ocean state estimation; Ocean state synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886419964     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00022-2     Document Type: Chapter

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