@article{fdi:30106,
  title = {{A} model study of potential sampling errors due to data scatter around expendable bathythermograph transects in the {T}ropical {P}acific},
  author = {{M}c{P}haden, {M}.{J}. and {B}usalacchi, {A}.{J}. and {P}icaut, {J}o{\¨e}l and {R}aymond, {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e describe a series of sampling sensitivy experiments to examine potential errors due to data scatter around expendable bathythermograph ({XBT}) transects in the tropical {P}acific. {W}e use a linear, multiple vertical mode model forced with three differrent monthly mean wind stress sets for the period 1979-1983. {T}he model is sampled along approximately straight lines of grid points corresponding to the mean positions of {XBT} tracks in the eastern, central, and western {P}acific and then sampled again at the dates and location of actual {XBT} casts for 1979-1983. {M}odel dynamic heights are calculated with a resolution of 1° of latitude and 1 month, then processed to a monthly mean seasonal cycle and anomalies associated with the 1982-1983 {E}l {N}ino. {W}hen results are compared for the two methods of sampling, the model indicates that data scattered zonally around {XBT} transects in general can lead to about 2 dyn cm error in dynamic height (equivalent to a 10-m error in model pycnocline displacement) in composite sections of {XBT} data.},
  keywords = {{ACQUISITION} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {OCEANOGRAPHIE} {PHYSIQUE} ; {TOPOGRAPHIE} {DYNAMIQUE} ; {MODELE} ; {XBT} ; {PACIFIQUE} {TROPICAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch},
  volume = {93},
  numero = {{C}7},
  pages = {8119--8130},
  ISSN = {0148-0227},
  year = {1988},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:30106},
}