Variability of the sea surface temperature around Cuba

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-171

  Cerdeira Estrada, Sergio ^a,b   Müller Karger, Frank E ^c   Gallegos García, Artemio ^d  

^a Instituto de Oceanologia   (Cuba)

^b CONABIO ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 30744460927     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2302.02     Document Type: Article

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