A new interpretation of multifrequency/multipolarization radar signatures of the Gulf Stream front

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C11, 1999, Pages 25697-25705

  Ufermann, Susanne ^a,b   Romeiser, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; RADAR IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 0033571819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900237     Document Type: Article

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