An eddy resolving tidal-driven model of the South China Sea assimilating along-track SLA data using the EnOI

Xie, J.; Counillon, F.; Zhu, J.; Bertino, L.

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An eddy resolving tidal-driven model of the South China Sea assimilating along-track SLA data using the EnOI

J. Xie, F. Counillon, J. Zhu, and L. Bertino

J. Xie

ICCES, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

F. Counillon

Mohn-Sverdrup Center, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway

J. Zhu

LAPC, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

L. Bertino

Mohn-Sverdrup Center, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway

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