Surface temperature fronts in the Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 753-775

  Ullman, David ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a,b   Cornillon, Peter ^a   Mavor, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Great Lakes; Remote sensing; Thermal bar; Thermal fronts; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

LAKE; RADIOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

AVHRR; FRONT; LAKE WATER; LIMNOLOGY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032453183     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70860-3     Document Type: Article

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