Systematic errors as the cause for an apparent deep water property variability: Global analysis of the WOCE and historical hydrographic data

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 337-402

  Gouretski, V V ^a   Jancke, K ^a  

^a FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CLIMATOLOGY; ERRORS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MODEMS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

DATA ABUNDANT REGIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPHY; WOCE;

EID: 0034957136     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(00)00049-5     Document Type: Review

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