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Some of the problems which oceanographers may expect to encounter when trying to assimilate oceanographic data into models are illustrated. In the first part of the paper, simple pedagogical examples are given. In the second, results from a tropical ocean model are used.
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Anderson, D.L.T., Moore, A.M. (1986). Data Assimilation. In: O’Brien, J.J. (eds) Advanced Physical Oceanographic Numerical Modelling. NATO ASI Series, vol 186. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0627-8_24
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