Coastal ocean fronts and eddies imaged with ERS 1 synthetic aperture radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C3, 1996, Pages 6651-6667

  Johannessen, J A ^a,b   Shuchman, R A ^c   Digranes, G ^a   Lyzenga, D R ^c   Wackerman, C ^c   Johannessen, O M ^d   Vachon, P W ^e  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; ERS 1; NORCSEX; OCEANIC FRONTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0029728978     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02962     Document Type: Article

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