Drift in salinity data from argo profiling floats in the sea of Japan

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-138

  Thadathil, Pankajakshan ^a,b   Bajish, C C ^c   Behera, Swadhin ^d   Gopalakrishna, V V ^b  

^a Embassy of India   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Data quality control; In situ observations; Instrumentation sensors; Profilers; Quality assurance control

Indexed keywords

ARGO FLOAT; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONFINED BASINS; DATA QUALITY CONTROL; DECORRELATIONS; DRIFT ANALYSIS; IN SITU OBSERVATIONS; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; NORTH PACIFIC; OPEN OCEAN; PROFILERS; PROFILING FLOAT; QUALITY DATA; SEA OF JAPAN; SENSOR DRIFT; TIME-SPACE; WATER MASS;

CLIMATOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ARGO; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA QUALITY; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; OPEN OCEAN; PROFILER; QUALITY CONTROL; SALINITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84857011920     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00018.1     Document Type: Article

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