Sea surface temperature fronts in the California Current System from geostationary satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Castelao, Renato M ^a   Mavor, Timothy P ^b,c   Barth, John A ^a   Breaker, Laurence C ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STG Inc   (United States)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS; WIND EFFECTS;

GOES; OCEANIC FRONT; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CAPE BLANCO; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847358493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003541     Document Type: Article

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