Historical ocean subsurfaces temperature analysis with error estimates

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-73

  Ishii, Masayoshi ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^b   Kachi, Misako ^c  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041803174     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0051:HOSTAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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