FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A method for optimal analysis of fields with spatially-variable mean BT AF LE TRAON, Pierre-Yves AS 1:; FF 1:; IF 2.68 TC 59 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00078/18933/17063.pdf LA English DT Article AB This brief report addresses the problem of objective analysis of fields with spatially variable mean. Conventional objective analysis is confined to fluctuations, where the larger scale is assumed to be known; this report shows how to use the method described by Davis (1985) to estimate simultaneously a large-scale component and a mesoscale component with an accurate error budget. The extension to multivariate analysis is also discussed. The method is then applied to simulated data; this illustrates its contribution in relation to conventional objective analysis. PY 1990 PD AUG SO Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans SN 0148-0227 PU Amer Geophysical Union VL 95 IS C8 UT A1990DV16100034 BP 13543 EP 13547 DI 10.1029/JC095iC08p13543 ID 18933 ER EF