Coastal upwelling observed by multi-satellite sensors

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1030-1038

  Li, Xiao Ming ^a   Li, Xiao Feng ^b   He, Ming Xia ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR SST; Coastal upwelling; SAR; Wind field retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ASAR DATA; AVHRR/SST; BRAGG WAVES; COASTAL UPWELLING; DOMINANT REGION; ENVISAT; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; QUIKSCAT; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RADAR ENERGY; SAR; SATELLITE SENSORS; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; WIND FIELD RETRIEVAL; WIND RETRIEVALS; YELLOW SEA;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

AVHRR; COASTAL ZONE; ENVISAT-1; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOAA SATELLITE; QUIKSCAT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPWELLING; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 67650869293     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0088-x     Document Type: Article

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