Subtropical gyre variability as seen from satellites

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 471-479

  Signorini, Sergio R ^a,b   McClain, Charles R ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; DATA RECORDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM TREND; MIXED LAYER; MULTI SENSOR; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OPEN OCEAN; SEA LEVEL HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEAWIFS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUMMER WARMING; VERTICAL MIXING; WINTER COOLING; DRIVING MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ARID REGIONS; BAND STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; SENSORS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATERS;

SURFACE WATERS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COOLING; DATA SET; GYRE; MIXED LAYER; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWIFS; SENSOR; SURFACE WATER; VERTICAL MIXING; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 80054718899     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.625053     Document Type: Article

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