On the role of SAR for observing “local generation” of internal solitary waves off the Iberian Peninsula

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 388-403

  Da Silva, J C B ^a,b   New, A L ^c   Azevedo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOLITONS; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY;

INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES (ISW); TIDAL BEAM;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 37249054207     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-041     Document Type: Article

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