Uncertainties in global mapping of Argo drift data at the parking level

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-569

  Katsumata, Katsuro ^a   Yoshinari, Hiroshi ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absolute velocity; Argo floats; Geostrophy; Objective mapping

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA BUOY; DRIFTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW FIELD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GLOBAL OCEAN; MAPPING METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; SAMPLING BIAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77954933071     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0046-4     Document Type: Article

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