Diurnal variability of upper ocean temperatures from microwave satellite measurements and Argo profiles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Gille, S T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; CO-LOCATED; COLUMNAR WATER VAPORS; DATA PAIRS; DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL SIGNALS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL TIME; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MIXED LAYER; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WARMING; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TIME SEPARATION; UPPER OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AMSR-E; ARGO; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIXED LAYER; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84870526609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007883     Document Type: Article

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