Fluctuations of the thermal fronts off northeastern Taiwan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Hsin, Yi Chia ^a   Chiang, Tzu Ling ^a   Wu, Chau Ron ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL CYCLE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; KUROSHIO; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NORTHEASTERN TAIWAN; NORTHERN TAIWAN; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE FLOW PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL FRONTS; TIME LAG;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DIAGRAM; ESTIMATION METHOD; INSTABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIDE GAUGE; TIMESCALE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80054036564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007066     Document Type: Article

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