Global measurement of sea surface temperature from space: Some new perspectives

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-37

  Robinson, Ian S ^a   Donlon, Craig J ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced very high resolution radiometer; Multi channel SST; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; MAPPING; RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0043195265     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023673031000080385     Document Type: Article

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