Multi-satellite measurements of large diurnal warming events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Gentemann, Chelle L ^a   Minnett, Peter J ^b,c   Borgne, Pierre Le ^c,d   Merchant, Christopher J ^b,d  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SUN;

DIURNAL WARMING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE SENSORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; WIND FIELDS; WIND PATTERNS; WIND SPEED;

WIND EFFECTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 60149098461     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035730     Document Type: Article

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