SST stationary anomalies in the Azores region

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5569, Issue , 2004, Pages 148-155

  Bashmachnikov, Igor ^a   Lafon, Virginie ^a   Martins, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Sea surface temperature anomalies

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WATER;

AZORES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TIDAL MIXING; TOPOGRAPHY;

COASTAL ZONES;

EID: 15944408855     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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