Ocean data assimilation using sequential methods based on the Kalman Filter from theory to practical implementations

Ocean Weather Forecasting: An Integrated View of Oceanography

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 271-316

  Brasseur, Pierre ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; mesoscale ocean circulation; ocean forecasting; reduced order Kalman filters; statistical estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890210300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4028-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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