Blending sea surface temperatures from multiple satellites and in situ observations for coastal oceans

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1415-1426

  Chao, Yi ^a   Li, Zhijin ^a   Farrara, John D ^b   Hung, Peter ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL UPWELLING; COMMON FEATURES; CONTINUOUS FIELDS; DIURNAL CYCLE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

BLENDING; COASTAL ZONES; ERRORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73049104365     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO592.1     Document Type: Article

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