caa a22 4500 445299843 CHVBK 20180317142553.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11430-010-3060-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11430-010-3060-x Analysis of sea surface temperature fronts in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent area using an advanced edge detection method [Elektronische Daten] [QingLing Pi, JianYu Hu] A morphology-based edge detection method has been used to study sea surface temperature (SST) fronts in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent area. The method is based on mathematical morphology with multi-dimensional and multi-structural elements. Using six years' SST data from September 2002 to August 2008, we distinguished the large SST front like Kuroshio Front as well as the smaller ones: namely Taiwan Bank Front, Zhe-Min Coastal Front and Zhang-Yun Ridge Front. The seasonal and monthly variations of these fronts were also studied. Generally, the SST fronts are stronger in winter but weaker in summer. And the fronts are at their active stage during the period from January to May but at their declining stage during the period from July to October. Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010 SST front nationallicence remote sensing nationallicence edge detection nationallicence Taiwan Strait nationallicence Kuroshio nationallicence Pi QingLing State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Hu JianYu State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/7(2010-07-01), 1008-1016 1674-7313 53:7<1008 2010 53 11430 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-3060-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-3060-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pi QingLing State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hu JianYu State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/7(2010-07-01), 1008-1016 1674-7313 53:7<1008 2010 53 11430 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer