Radiometric measurements of ocean surface thermal variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Gentemann, Chelle L ^a,b   Minnett, Peter J ^b  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EXTRAPOLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; WIND;

DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETER; MODELING; OCEAN BASIN; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 56049101666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004540     Document Type: Article

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