Some Remarks on Interpolation of Nonstationary Oceanographic Fields
Some Remarks on Interpolation of Nonstationary Oceanographic Fields
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DOI:
10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016
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发表时间:
1999-10
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
S. Sokolov;S. Rintoul
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作者:
S. Sokolov;S. Rintoul
Abstract The performance of four methods for interpolating anisotropic, spatially nonstationary fields is examined. The methods are optimal interpolation (OI, also known as objective analysis), spline interpolation, multiquadric–biharmonic method (MQ–B), and the inverse distance weighted method. The tests were performed using multiple realizations of random bivariate fields with known underlying statistics, as well as highly anisotropic and nonhomogeneous temperature and salinity fields across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). The results of tests using homogeneous random fields show that all methods except the inverse distance method have similar performance in the accuracy. When the interpolated field is sampled adequately and data distributions are dense, the presence of spatial deviations of the field statistics from the field average will limit the interpolation skill of OI to be gained from an increase in data density. In contrast, interpolation methods such as spline and MQ–B, which adjust t...