Biases in expendable bathythermograph data: A new view based on historical side-by-side comparisons

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1195-1225

  Cowley, Rebecca ^a   Wijffels, Susan ^a   Cheng, Lijing ^b   Boyer, Tim ^c   Kizu, Shoichi ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG ACQUISITION; BIAS EXTRACTION; CONDUCTIVITY-TEMPERATURE-DEPTH DATUM; EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; FITTING METHOD; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE BIAS; TIME DEPENDENCY;

PROBES; SEA LEVEL;

TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

DATABASE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84878384476     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00127.1     Document Type: Article

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