Optimal linear fitting for objective determination of ocean mixed layer depth from glider profiles

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1893-1898

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Fan, Chenwu ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL VALUE; DATA POINTS; ERROR RATIO; LINEAR FITTING; LINEAR POLYNOMIALS; MAXIMUM ERROR; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; PROFILE DATA; QUALITY INDICES; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEAGLIDERS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN;

OPTIMIZATION;

GLIDERS;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIXED LAYER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78649412758     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO804.1     Document Type: Article

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