A global study of diurnal warming using satellite-derived sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Stuart Menteth, Alice C ^a   Robinson, Ian S ^a   Challenor, Peter G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; AVHRR; Diurnal warming; Satellite remote sensing; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

EID: 0041823293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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