Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2009. Issue.6. Vol.1. P. 477-483
Trial localization of dynamical/thermal fronts in the Japan and
Okhotsk Seas by satellite altimeter data
Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет
Факультет географии и геоэкологии, 199178 Санкт-Петербург, В.О., 10 линия, д. 33
Based on satellite altimeter data, the level change rates are calculated from the integral continuity
equation for full flux divergence. A frontal zone is a convergence zone (increasing rate of the level
change), but a front is a maximum convergence contour. Inter-year and seasonal variability of the
position and intensity of frontal zones in the Japan and Okhotsk Seas is discussed.
Keywords: Dynamical front, thermal front, satellite altimetry information, seasonal variability, divergence zone, convergence zone
Full text