Comparison of optical and radar measurements of surf and swash zone velocity fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Puleo, Jack A ^a   Farquharson, Gordon ^b   Frasier, Stephen J ^b   Holland, K Todd ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler radar; Nearshore currents; Particle image velocimetry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; DOPPLER RADAR; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SURF ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; SCRIPPS BEACH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142123926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001483     Document Type: Article

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