Analysis of the global relationship of biennial variation of sea surface temperature and air-sea heat flux using satellite data

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 717-746

  Konda, Masanori ^a   Imasato, Norihisa ^a   Shibata, Akira ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA FLUX; AVHRR; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SSM/I; SST;

EID: 0030437282     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02239462     Document Type: Article

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