Characteristics of the satellite-derived sea surface temperature in the oceans around Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-172

  Kawai, Yoshimi ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MCSST; Oceans around Japan; Satellite derived SST; Sea surface temperature; Seasonal cycle; Surface layer; Systematic bias

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; MCSST ALGORITHM; SATELLITE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; SYSTEMATIC BIAS;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030821141     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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