The Rhine outflow plume studied by the analysis of synthetic aperture radar data and numerical simulations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3030-3044

  Hessner, K ^a   Rubino, A ^a   Brandt, P ^a   Alpers, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

RADAR-IMAGING MODELS;

RIVERS;

NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; RIVER PLUME; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 0035482899     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<3030:TROPSB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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