Geostationary satellites reveal motions of ocean surface fronts

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 3-15

  Legeckis, Richard ^a   Brown, Christopher W ^a   Chang, Paul S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

GOES; Ocean surface fronts; Sea surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; CLOUDS; SATELLITES;

SEAWARD DEFLECTIONS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

FRONT; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; METHODOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

HAWAIIA;

EID: 0037112238     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00192-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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