Observations of the Florida Current with two over-the-horizon radars

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1227-1239

  Georges, T M ^a   Harlan, J A ^b   Lee, T N ^c   Leben, R R ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACE-BASED RADAR; TRACKING RADAR; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR IMAGING;

FLORIDA CURRENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MESOSCALE EDDY; OVER THE HORIZONS; OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STRAITS OF FLORIDA; SURFACE CURRENT;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

OVER THE HORIZON (OTH) RADAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 0032120315     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS00420     Document Type: Article

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