Effect of subjective choices on the objective analysis of sea surface temperature data in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-14

  Molinari, Robert L ^a   Festa, John F ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Objective analysis; Objective interpolation; Sea surface temperature; Statistical analysis; Structure function

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034087256     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(00)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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