Space-time variations of the TOPEX/POSEIDON-derived heat storage anomaly over the Kuroshio upstream regions

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-137

  Chen, Sung An ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat storage anomaly; Kuroshio upstream; North Equatorial Current; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT STORAGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

EQUATORIAL CURRENTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

HEAT BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0842284622     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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