Addressing the impact of environmental uncertainty in plankton model calibration with a dedicated software system: The marine model optimization testbed (MarMOT 1.1 alpha)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 471-498

  Hemmings, J C P ^a   Challenor, P G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANKTON; SOFTWARE; TESTING METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MARMOTA;

EID: 84860227022     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-471-2012     Document Type: Article

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