HF radar observations of small-scale surface current variability in the straits of Florida

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Parks, A B ^a,b   Shay, L K ^a   Johns, W E ^a   Martinez Pedraja, J ^a   Gurgel, K W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Integral Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; MARINE RADAR; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COASTAL OCEAN; COHERENT VORTICES; COUNTER CURRENT; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; CURRENT VARIABILITY; FLORIDA; FLORIDA CURRENT; HF RADAR OBSERVATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; SHELF BREAK; SURFACE CURRENT;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; CURRENT VELOCITY; RADAR IMAGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELF BREAK;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

EID: 73949083197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005025.     Document Type: Article

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