Enhancing ship of opportunity sea surface temperature observations in the Australian region

Journal of Operational Oceanography

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-73

  Beggs, H M ^a   Verein, R ^a   Paltoglou, G ^a   Kippo, H ^b   Underwood, M ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DATA BUOY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSOR; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84876030944     PISSN: 1755876X     EISSN: 17558778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2012.11020132     Document Type: Article

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