Synthetic aperture radar observation of the sea surface imprints of upstream atmospheric solitons generated by flow impeded by an island

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Li, Xiaofeng ^a   Dong, Changming ^b   Clemente Colón, Pablo ^a   Pichel, William G ^a   Friedman, Karen S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

SAR; Soliton; Upstream

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FLOW OVER SURFACE; ISLAND; MODIS; SOLITARY WAVE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2342555068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002168     Document Type: Article

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