A small-scale oceanic eddy off the coast of West Africa studied by multi-sensor satellite and surface drifter data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-143

  Alpers, Werner ^a   Brandt, Peter ^b   Lazar, Alban ^c   Dagorne, Dominique ^d   Sow, Bamol ^e,f   Faye, Saliou ^f,g   Hansen, Morten W ^h   Rubino, Angelo ⁱ   Poulain, Pierre Marie ^j   Brehmer, Patrice ^g,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^e Assane SECK University of Ziguinchor   (Senegal)

^f Laboratoire de Physique de l Atmosphère et de l Océan Siméon Fongang LPAO SF ESP UCAD   (Senegal)

^g Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agronomique   (Senegal)

^h NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

ⁱ CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^j ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^k Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

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Author keywords

Cap Vert; Chlorophyll a; Coastal upwelling; MODIS; SAR; Small scale eddy; SST; Surface drifter; Trade winds; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CAP-VERT; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL UPWELLING; MODIS; SAR; SMALL-SCALE EDDY; SST; SURFACE DRIFTER; TRADE WINDS; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CHLOROPHYLL; COMMERCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSORS; SURFACE WAVES; SURFACES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; DATA SET; DRIFTER; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ROSSBY NUMBER; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRADE WIND;

CAP VERT; DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84870210999     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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