Dynamics of satellite-viewed rings near the Costa Rica thermal dome

Revista Geofisica

Volumn , Issue 46, 1997, Pages 67-103

  Quirós, Guillermo ^a   Muller Karger, Frank E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CZCS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031544887     PISSN: 02529769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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