Advances in satellite radiometry for the surveillance of surface temperatures, ocean eddies and upwelling processes in the Gulf of Mexico using GOES-8 measurements during summer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Walker, Nan ^a,b   Myint, Soe ^b   Babin, Adele ^a   Haag, Alaric ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; INFRARED RADIATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES;

OCEAN EDDIES;

GEOPHYSICS;

EDDY; GOES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; UPWELLING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0344530862     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017555     Document Type: Article

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