Comparison between the Pathfinder versions 5.0 and 4.1 sea surface temperature datasets: A case study for high resolution

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1047-1059

  Vázquez Cuervo, Jorge ^a   Armstrong, Edward M ^a   Casey, Kenneth S ^b   Evans, Robert ^c   Kilpatrick, Katherine ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; CALIFORNIA; DATA SETS; GULF STREAM; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOWER RESOLUTION; NEAREST-NEIGHBOR APPROACHES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SEASONAL PEAKS; SEASONAL TRENDS; TIME FRAME; WORLD OCEAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA SET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 77953679315     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2839.1     Document Type: Article

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