Mesoscale variability in the Alboran Sea: Synthetic aperture radar imaging of frontal eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Font, Jordi ^a   Rousseau, Stephan ^a   Shirasago, Bernardo ^b   García Górriz, Elisa ^a   Haney, Robert L ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Ocean mososcale; SAR; Surface layer circulation; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC FRONT; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037098746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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