Patterns of sea surface temperature variability on seasonal to sub-annual scales at and offshore the Río de la Plata estuary

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1983-1997

  Simionato, Claudia G ^a   Clara Tejedor, Moira Luz ^a   Campetella, Claudia ^a   Guerrero, Raul ^b   Moreira, Diego ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blended SST; Coastal processes; Sea surface interaction; Seasonal cycle; Sub annual variability; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; RUNOFF; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UPWELLING; WIND PROFILE;

RIO DE LA PLATA; URUGUAY;

EID: 78649442774     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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