Comparisons of regional satellite sea surface temperature gradients derived from MODIS and AVHRR sensors

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 6639-6651

  Armstrong, Edward M ^a   Wagner, Grant ^b   Vazquez Cuervo, Jorge ^a   Chin, Toshio M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NASA; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; GRADIENT MAGNITUDE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; UPWELLING REGION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

AVHRR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPWELLING; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; GULF STREAM; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863577202     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.692832     Document Type: Article

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