Satellite derived sea surface temperature variability off California during the upwelling season

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Armstrong, Edward M ^a  

^a Technology Planning and Management Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

REMOTE SENSING;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033936662     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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