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11 Feb 2015
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Argo data assimilation into HYCOM with an EnOI method in the Atlantic Ocean
D. Mignac
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Oceanographic Modeling and Observation Network, Center for Research in Geophysics and Geology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Graduate Program in Geophysics, Physics Institute and Geosciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
C. A. S. Tanajura
Ocean Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Physics Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Oceanographic Modeling and Observation Network, Center for Research in Geophysics and Geology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
A. N. Santana
Oceanographic Modeling and Observation Network, Center for Research in Geophysics and Geology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
L. N. Lima
Oceanographic Modeling and Observation Network, Center for Research in Geophysics and Geology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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