Location of the Antarctica polar front from AMSR-E satellite sea surface temperature measurements

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2075-2089

  Dong, Shenfu ^a   Sprintall, Janet ^a   Gille, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WIND STRESS;

POLAR FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MAPPING; POLAR FRONT; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845773934     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2973.1     Document Type: Article

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