SAR observation and modeling of gap winds in the Prince William sound of Alaska

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4894-4914

  Liu, Haibo ^a,b   Olsson, Peter Q ^a   Volz, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Barrier; Gap wind; Model; SAR

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; BARRIER; BLOCKING EFFECT; GAP WINDS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; MESO-SCALE MODELING; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; SAR;

MODELS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

WIND;

EID: 50849142614     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8084894     Document Type: Article

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