Remote sensing observations of the coherent and non-coherent ring structures in the vicinity of Lesser Antilles

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Gómez, R C Cruz ^a   Bulgakov, S N ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CURRENT RING; DATA PROCESSING; ERS-1; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAWIFS; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 33947140307     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-331-2007     Document Type: Article

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