Detection of Rossby waves in multi-parameters in multi-mission satellite observations and HYCOM simulations in the Indian Ocean

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1293-1303

  Subrahmanyam, Bulusu ^a   Heffner, David M ^a   Cromwell, David ^b   Shriver, Jay F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

HYCOM; Indian Ocean; Ocean color; Rossby waves; Satellite observations; SSH; SST

Indexed keywords

HYCOM; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEAN COLOR; ROSSBY WAVES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SSH; SST;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PORPHYRINS; RADON; SATELLITES; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CHLOROPHYLL A; FOURIER TRANSFORM; OCEAN COLOR; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 64549095213     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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