EN4: Quality controlled ocean temperature and salinity profiles and monthly objective analyses with uncertainty estimates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6704-6716

  Good, Simon A ^a   Martin, Matthew J ^a   Rayner, Nick A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

objective analysis; ocean observations; quality control; uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REACTOR CORES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BACKGROUND ERROR VARIANCES; CONTROL PROCEDURES; IMPACT OF CHANGES; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; OCEAN OBSERVATIONS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892947112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009067     Document Type: Article

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