Ecoregional analysis of nearshore sea-surface temperature in the North Pacific

Ecoregional analysis of nearshore sea-surface temperature in the North Pacific

The quantification and description of sea surface temperature (SST) is critically important because it can influence the distribution, migration, and invasion of marine species; furthermore, SSTs are expected to be affected by climate change. To better understand present temperature regimes, we asse...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2012-01, Vol.7 (1), p.e30105
Hauptverfasser: Payne, Meredith C, Brown, Cheryl A, Reusser, Deborah A, Lee, 2nd, Henry
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Sprache:eng
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Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Analysis
AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Climate change
Cluster Analysis
Clustering
Coasts
Earth Sciences
Ecosystem
Environmental changes
Geography
Global temperature changes
Invasive species
Marine ecosystems
Mean temperatures
Migration
Pacific Ocean
Remote sensing
Satellite data
Sea surface temperature
Seawater
Surface Properties
Surface temperature
Temperature
Temperature effects
Temperature patterns
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:The quantification and description of sea surface temperature (SST) is critically important because it can influence the distribution, migration, and invasion of marine species; furthermore, SSTs are expected to be affected by climate change. To better understand present temperature regimes, we assembled a 29-year nearshore time series of mean monthly SSTs along the North Pacific coastline using remotely-sensed satellite data collected with the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument. We then used the dataset to describe nearshore (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0030105