Characterizing Long Island Sound outflows from HF radar using self-organizing maps

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 155-165

  Mau, Jenq Chi ^a   Wang, Dong Ping ^a   Ullman, David S ^b   Codiga, Daniel L ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

HF radar; Long Island Sound; SOM

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW PATTERN; MAP; OUTFLOW; RADAR;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250789718     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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