Coastal lee waves on ERS-1 SAR images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7979-7993

  Zheng, Quanan ^a,b   Yan, Xiao Hai ^a,b   Klemas, Vie ^a,b   Ho, Chung Ru ^b,c   Kuo, Nan Jung ^b,c   Wang, Zongming ^c,d  

^a 002 Robinson Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d E and P Technology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; GRAVITY WAVES; LEE WAVES; RADAR; SAR; SATELLITE SENSING;

PACIFIC; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 15144342083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02176     Document Type: Article

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