Comparison of airborne synthetic aperture radar imagery with in situ surface-slope measurements across Gulf Stream slicks and a convergent front

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C1, 1999, Pages 1405-1422

  Marmorino, G O ^a   Lyzenga, D R ^b   Kaiser, J A C ^a,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; FRONT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURFACTANT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 0033556692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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