Validity of sea surface temperature observed with the TRITON buoy under diurnal heating conditions

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 825-838

  Kawai, Yoshimi ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a   Tanba, Sumio ^b   Ando, Kentaro ^c   Yoneyama, Kunio ^c   Nagahama, Norio ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Global Ocean Development Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diurnal warming; Platform effect; SST; TRITON buoy; Western tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

BUOY SYSTEM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HEAT BALANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSOR;

EID: 33751017663     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0101-3     Document Type: Article

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