Validation of surface current measurements in the northern Adriatic Sea from high-frequency radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 908-919

  Cosoli, Simone ^a   Mazzoldi, Andrea ^b   Gačić, Miroslav ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Currents; Instrumentation sensors; Radars radar observations

Indexed keywords

BRAGG PEAKS; BROADBAND NOISE; COMPARISON METRICS; DOPPLER SPECTRA; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HF RADARS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; RADAR COVERAGE; RADAR NETWORK; RADAR PERFORMANCE; RADIAL CURRENTS; RADIAL VELOCITY; SHALLOW-WATER; SURFACE CURRENT; TOTAL CURRENT; VECTOR CORRELATIONS; VENICE LAGOON; WATER COLUMNS;

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANTENNA; INSTRUMENTATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RADIAL FLOW; SHALLOW WATER; WATER COLUMN;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 77955525673     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO680.1     Document Type: Article

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