Implementing a variational data assimilation system in an operational 1/4 degree global ocean model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 687, 2015, Pages 333-349

  Waters, Jennifer ^a   Lea, Daniel J ^a   Martin, Matthew J ^a   Mirouze, Isabelle ^a   Weaver, Anthony ^a   While, James ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3DVAR; Data assimilation; Operational oceanography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

3DVAR; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; CORRELATION LENGTH SCALE; DATA ASSIMILATION; OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84924550620     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2388     Document Type: Article

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