Profiles of ocean surface heating (POSH): A new model of upper ocean diurnal warming

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Gentemann, Chelle L ^a,c   Minnett, Peter J ^b,d   Ward, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLENDING; PETROLEUM REFINING; RADIOMETRY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; BULK MODEL; DERIVED FUNCTIONS; DIURNAL WARMING; GAS FLUX; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL ESTIMATES; MODEL RESULTS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEW MODEL; NEW PHYSICS; OCEAN SURFACES; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WIND SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GAS FLOW; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN; WARMING;

EID: 70349878553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004825     Document Type: Article

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