Observations of hurricane Hortense with two over-the-horizon radars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3241-3244

  Harlan, J A ^a   Georges, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; WATER WAVES; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; STORMS; SURFACE WAVES;

SURFACE-CURRENT FIELD;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADAR;

HURRICANE HORTENSE; HURRICANE TRACK; OVER THE HORIZON RADAR; RADAR; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HIGH FREQUENCY OVER-THE-HORIZON RADARS; OCEAN RESPONSE; OCEAN SURFACES; OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR; RADAR COVERAGE; SURFACE CURRENT; WIND DIRECTIONS;

EID: 0031392677     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03275     Document Type: Article

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