Satellite synthetic aperture radar detection of Delaware Bay plumes: Jet-like feature analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Zheng, Quanan ^a   Clemente Colón, Pablo ^b   Yan, Xiao Hai ^c   Liu, W Timothy ^d   Huang, Norden E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware Bay; Estuarine plume; Radar image

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; JET; PLUME; RADAR IMAGERY; RADARSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18544403485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002100     Document Type: Article

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