Estimation of 3-D current fields near the Rhine outflow from HF radar surface current data

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 487-511

  De Valk, C F ^a  

^a ARGOSS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Currents; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Stratification

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES;

HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR; SURFACE CURRENT MEASUREMENTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CURRENT; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033430082     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(99)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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