Winds from a Bayesian Hierarchical Model: Computation for Atmosphere-Ocean Research

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 781-807

  Hoar, Timothy J ^a   Milliff, Ralph F ^b   Nychka, Douglas ^a   Wikle, Christopher K ^c   Berliner, L Mark ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Div of NW Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fortran 90; Gibbs sampling; Parallel computing; Spatio temporal processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742288966     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1061860032616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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