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Satellite Detection of Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The daily acquisition of thermal infrared imagery from the NOAA-2 satellite permitted the delineation and monitoring of a series of upwellings in the Gulf of Tehuantepec during December 1973. Following the upwelling, a ...
Satellite Observations of Mesoscale Eddy Dynamics in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Active mesoscale (300 km diameter) eddy formation off the Pacific coast of Central America was observed during February 1976 by a thermal infrared sensor aboard the NOAA 4 satellite. These anticyclonic eddies, closely ...
Evolution of Gulf Stream Eddies as Seen in Satellite Infrared Imagery
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Pronounced eddies along the western edge of the Gulf Stream were again observed by the Very High Resolution Radiometer aboard the NOAA-2 satellite. A rare sequence of infrared images obtained over a period of seven days ...