Errors in dynamical fields inferred from oceanographic cruise data: Part II. The impact of the lack of synopticity

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 334-351

  Gomis, Damià ^a,d   Pascual, Ananda ^a,b   Pedder, Mike A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b CLS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamical oceanography; Oceanographic surveys; Sampling; Synopticity errors; Vertical motion

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC WAVES; OBSERVATION ERRORS; SYNOPTICITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY;

EID: 20444474589     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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