Sea-surface temperature fronts in the Yellow and East China Seas from TRMM microwave imager data

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1017-1024

  Huang, Daji ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Zhou, Feng ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Frontogenesis; Sea surface temperature front; Spawning and overwintering fishery grounds; Yellow and East China Seas

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FRONTS; EAST CHINA SEA; FRONTAL ZONES; FRONTOGENESIS; HEAT EXCHANGE; KUROSHIO; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; NARROW BANDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SWATH DATA; TO EFFECT; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WATER TEMPERATURES; YELLOW SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; FISHERIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAIN; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RAIN GAGES;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; FRONTOGENESIS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OVERWINTERING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; SPAWNING GROUND; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 77953128831     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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