| The San Matías Gulf, located between 40 47' S and 42 13' S on the Atlantic coast of South America, with an area of approximately 18 000 km², is the second largest in Argentina. This gulf has been studied by means of historical data obtained in oceanographic campaigns carried out before 1990 and with satellite images of low-resolution (1000 m) NOAA-AVHRR obtained from 1985. The analysis of this information permitted to infer some environmental characteristics related to temperature, salinity, productivity and circulation. The objective of the present work is to analyze LANDSAT-TM and ETM+ data from 1997-2003. Approximately 30 free of clouds images, obtained in different times of the year, were processed. The thermal channel allowed to obtain a detailed... |
