Sea surface temperature variability in the Colombian Basin, Caribbean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-53

  Ruiz Ochoa, Mauricio ^a,b   Beier, Emilio ^c   Bernal, Gladys ^a   Barton, Eric Desmond ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colombian Basin; Sea surface temperature; Splitting scale variability

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIANS; DATA SETS; DOMINANT MODE; DRY SEASONS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; IN-PHASE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LOW DENSITY; LOW LEVEL JET; MAXIMUM VALUES; NATIONAL PARKS; RAINY SEASONS; RIVER WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEMIANNUAL HARMONICS; SIMILAR COEFFICIENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPLITTING SCALE VARIABILITY; THIN SURFACE LAYER; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND STRESS CURL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PARKS; SUN; WATER ABSORPTION;

COASTAL ZONES;

ABSORPTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AVHRR; COASTAL ZONE; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BOLIVAR [COLOMBIA]; CARIBBEAN SEA; COLOMBIA; COLOMBIAN BASIN; DARIEN; LA GUAJIRA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; ROSARIO ISLANDS;

EID: 84857777029     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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