Estimating parameters of a two-layer stratified ocean from polarity conversion of internal solitary waves observed in satellite SAR images

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-287

  Zhao, Zhongxiang ^a   Klemas, Victor ^a   Zheng, Quanan ^b   Li, Xiaofeng ^c   Yan, Xiao Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal solitary wave; Ocean stratification; Polarity conversion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES (ISW); POLARITY CONVERSION;

REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL WAVE; REMOTE SENSING; SOLITARY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 4143101458     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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