Lidar observation of a strongly nonlinear internal wave train in the Gulf of Alaska

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-177

  Churnside, J H ^a   Ostrovsky, L A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; TIDES; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WAVES;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; PLANKTONIC LAYER; SOLITARY INTERNAL WAVES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

INTERNAL WAVE; LIDAR; PYCNOCLINE; REMOTE SENSING; SOLITARY WAVE;

GULF OF ALASKA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 13344285323     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001735076     Document Type: Article

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