QuickSCAT reveals the surface circulation of the Catalina Eddy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2-1

  Hu, Hua ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; SCATTERING; SPACECRAFT; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

SURFACE CIRCULATION;

GEOPHYSICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CYCLONIC VORTICES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOS ANGELES; MICROWAVE SCATTEROMETERS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; SCATTEROMETERS; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE WIND VECTOR;

EID: 0036768326     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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