Filtering and interpreting location errors in satellite telemetry of marine animals

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Royer, Francois ^a   Lutcavage, Molly ^b  

^a CLS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argos; Dermochelys coriacea; Kalman filter; Outliers; Time regularization

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 41949083172     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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