Identifying and estimating biases between XBT and Argo observations using satellite altimetry

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 226-240

  DiNezio, Pedro N ^a   Goni, Gustavo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; HEIGHT ANOMALY; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LEAST SQUARES ADJUSTMENTS; OCEAN BASINS; POSITIVE BIAS; RATE EQUATIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ISOTHERMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES;

ERROR CORRECTION;

DATA SET; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ERROR CORRECTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OCEAN BASIN; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 77952496955     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO711.1     Document Type: Article

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