Reconstructing synthetic profiles from surface data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 693-703

  Buongiorno, Bruno Buongiorno ^a   Santoleri, Rosalia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRAPOLATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS;

COUPLED PATTERN RECONSTRUCTION (CPR); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA PROCESSING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

EID: 2142656452     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0693:RSPFSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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