Using GPS data to evaluate the accuracy of state-space methods for correction of Argos satellite telemetry error

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 273-285

  Patterson, Toby A ^a,b   McConnell, Bernie J ^c   Fedak, Mike A ^c   Bravington, Mark V ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argos error; Fastloc GPS; Gray seal; Halichoerus grypus; Kalman filter; Marine mammals; State space model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ERROR CORRECTION; GPS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTER; PINNIPED; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; SEALS, EARLESS; SPACECRAFT; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649218146     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1480.1     Document Type: Article

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