Estimation of the surface and mid-depth currents from Argo floats in the Pacific and error analysis

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-75

  Xie, Jiping ^a,b   Zhu, Jiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Argo float; Mid depth current; Surface current; Surface drifting; Trajectory; Vertical shear

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; EARTH SCIENCES; ESTIMATION; EXTRAPOLATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TRAJECTORIES;

ARGO FLOAT; ARGO FLOATS; AVERAGE ERRORS; CONSTANT CURRENT; ERROR ESTIMATIONS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; MID-DEPTH CURRENT; POSITIONING ERRORS; REAL-TIME GEOSTROPHIC OCEANOGRAPHY; SEQUENTIAL METHODS; SURF ACE CURRENTS; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE DRIFTING; SURFACE TRAJECTORIES; TRAJECTORY; TRAJECTORY TRACKING; VERTICAL SHEAR;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; OCEANIC CURRENT; REAL TIME; TRAJECTORY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 48349115435     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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