A comparison of satellite and in situ-based sea surface temperature climatologies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1848-1863

  Casey, Kenneth S ^a,b   Cornillon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; RADIOMETERS;

COMPREHENSIVE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE DATA SET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032693555     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1848:ACOSAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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