An analysis of SST gradients off the Peruvian Coast: The impact of going to higher resolution

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-84

  Vazquez Cuervo, Jorge ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^b   Chin, Toshio M ^a   Armstrong, Edward M ^a   Purca, Sara ^c   Alburqueque, Edward ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling studies; Objective interpolation; Satellite derived; Sea surface temperatures; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; COASTAL UPWELLING; COASTAL/UPWELLING STUDIES; DATA SETS; GRADIENT MAGNITUDE; HIGHER RESOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; LOWER RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL CYCLE; UPWELLING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

PIXELS;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UPWELLING;

PERU;

EID: 84872327095     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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