A Bayesian parameter estimation method applied to a marine ecosystem model for the coastal Gulf of Alaska

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 258, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-133

  Fiechter, J ^a   Herbei, R ^b   Leeds, W ^c   Brown, J ^d   Milliff, R ^e   Wikle, C ^f   Moore, A ^a   Powell, T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Principal Scientific Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Metropolis Hasting; Bayesian sampling; Gulf of Alaska; Marine ecosystem model; Parameter estimation; Posterior distributions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE METROPOLIS-HASTING; BAYESIAN SAMPLING; GULF OF ALASKA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIXING; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84876303965     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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