Quality control of ocean temperature and salinity profiles - Historical and real-time data

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 158-175

  Ingleby, Bruce ^a   Huddleston, Matt ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathythermographs; Data assimilation; Hydrographic data; Quality control; Salinity profiles; Temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; SALINITY PROFILES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 33846934645     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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