Using SAR remote sensing, field observations, and models to better understand coastal flows in the Gulf of Alaska

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 787-800

  Winstead, Nathaniel S ^a   Colle, Brian ^b   Bond, Nicholas ^c   Young, George ^d   Olson, Joseph ^b   Loescher, Kenneth ^d,e   Monaldo, Frank ^a   Thompson, Donald ^a   Pichel, William ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e US Army Test and Evaluation Command   (United States)

^f OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

COASTAL FLOW; COASTAL TERRAIN; OFFSHORE FLOW; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33745967711     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-6-787     Document Type: Article

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