Can the Subtropical North Atlantic permanent thermocline be observed from space?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 709-728

  Pingree, Robin ^a,b   Kuo, Yu Heng ^a   Garcia Soto, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministerio de Ciencia Y Tecnología ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; ERS-2; REMOTE SENSING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036774093     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402006094     Document Type: Article

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