The structure of ocean-surface currents measured by Doppler Radar

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 156-167

  Chin, David A ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Chinthamreddy, Supraja ^a,i,j   Shay, Lynn K ^b,k,l   Graber, Hans C ^{b,m,n,o,p,q,r}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Harza Engineering Campany   (United States)

^h AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS   (United States)

ⁱ OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^k FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^m CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁿ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^p WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^q Radar Ocean Sensing Laboratory

^r NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coherence; Doppler radar; Mixing; Principal components; Spectral analysis; Surface currents; Time series models

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COHERENCE SPECTRA; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENT RADAR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030685568     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.557550     Document Type: Article

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