Simulation-based evaluations of HF radar ocean current algorithms

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-491

  Laws, Kenneth E ^a   Fernandez, Daniel M ^b   Paduan, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO; RANDOM ERRORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR; MULTIPLE SIGNAL CHARACTERIZATION; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENT MEASUREMENT; RADIO OCEANOGRAPHY; STOKES DRIFT;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034290413     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.895355     Document Type: Article

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