Status and future of data assimilation in operational oceanography

Journal of Operational Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages s28-s48

  Martin, M J ^a   Balmaseda, M ^b   Bertino, L ^c   Brasseur, P ^d   Brassington, G ^e   Cummings, J ^f   Fujii, Y ^g   Lea, D J ^a   Lellouche, J M ^h   Mogensen, K ^b   Oke, P R ⁱ   Smith, G C ^j   Testut, C E ^h   Waagbo G A ^k   Waters, J ^a   Weaver, A T ^l  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c Nera Networks AS   (Norway)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^f NRL   (United States)

^g Japan Meteorological Agency   (Japan)

^h MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^k NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^l CERFACS   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EDDY COVARIANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FILTER; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

EID: 85026276752     PISSN: 1755876X     EISSN: 17558778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022055     Document Type: Article

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