A satellite altimeter model for ocean slick detection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Tournadre, Jean ^a   Chapron, B ^a   Reul, N ^a   Vandemark, D C ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SATELLITES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

OCEAN; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745028892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003109     Document Type: Article

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