An airborne, real aperture radar study of the Chesapeake Bay outflow plume

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C1, 1999, Pages 1211-1222

  Sletten, Mark A ^a   Marmorino, George O ^a   Donato, Tim F ^a   McLaughlin, David J ^b   Twarog, Elizabeth ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ESTUARINE FRONT; OUTFLOW; RADAR IMAGERY; RIVER PLUME;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033556677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900034     Document Type: Article

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