Foam effect on the sea surface emissivity in the 8-14 μm region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Niclòs, Raquel ^a,b   Caselles, Vicente ^b   Valor, Enric ^b   Coll, César ^b  

^a Mediterranean Centre for Environmental Studies   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FOAMS; RADIOMETERS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EMISSIVITY; FOAM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38949124388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004521     Document Type: Article

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