Sea surface temperature variability off north-west Africa: 1981-1989

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2539-2558

  Hernandez Guerra, A ^a   Nykjaer, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE COMPRESSION; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA PROCESSING; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EOF ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

AFRICA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030616318     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217468     Document Type: Article

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