Common turbulent signature in sea surface temperature and chlorophyll maps

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Nieves, V ^a   Llebot, C ^a   Turiel, A ^a   Sole J ^a   García Ladona, Emilio ^a   Estrada, Marta ^a   Blasco, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; FRACTALS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MULTIFRACTAL SIGNATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; TURBULENT ADVECTION; TURBULENT SIGNATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; CHLOROPHYLL; EDDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 39049094621     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030823     Document Type: Article

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