Mechanisms controlling the intra-annual mesoscale variability of SST and SPM in the southern North Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 594-610

  Pietrzak, Julie D ^a   de Boer, Gerben J ^a,c   Eleveld, Marieke A ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

NOAA AVHRR Sea surface temperature; Remote sensing; SeaWiFS suspended particulate matter; Shelf sea stratification; Turbidity; Wind and tidal mixing

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; PLUME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; FRISIAN FRONT; NORTH SEA; SOUTHERN BIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952535371     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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