Aircraft observations of sea surface temperature variability in the tropical Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C7, 1997, Pages 15733-15747

  Hagan, Denise ^a   Rogers, David ^b   Friehe, Carl ^c   Weller, Robert ^d   Walsh, Edward ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SST; TOGA-COARE;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST);

EID: 0031450555     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00469     Document Type: Article

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