Radar-derived interferometric surface currents and their relationship to subsurface current structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12839-12852

  Moller, Delwyn ^a,b   Frasier, Stephen J ^a,b,c   Porter, David L ^a,b   McIntosh, Robert E ^b,c  

^a University of Massachusetts at Amherst   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CURRENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 0032525955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00781     Document Type: Article

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