Interpretation of coastal HF radar-derived surface currents with high-resolution drifter data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 666-680

  Ohlmann, Carter ^a,b   White, Peter ^a   Washburn, Libe ^a   Terrill, Eric ^b   Emery, Brian ^a   Otero, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING;

HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR OBSERVATION; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE; SURFACE CURRENT;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL ZONES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING;

COASTAL CURRENT; DRIFTER; FLOW FIELD; FLOW VELOCITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; RADIAL FLOW; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248399667     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1998.1     Document Type: Article

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