A remote sensing derived upper ocean heat content dataset for the equatorial Atlantic: Comparison with PIRATA project data

Revista Brasileira de Geofisica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-56

  Arruda, Wilton Zumpichiatti ^a   Lentini, Carlos Alessandre Domingos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Remote sensing; Sea level anomalies; Sea surface temperature; Upper ocean heat content

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BUOY SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; MODEL VALIDATION; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 80051950769     PISSN: 0102261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-261X2011000100003     Document Type: Article

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