Comparison between VHF radar observations and data from drifter clusters in the Gulf of La Spezia (Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Molcard, A ^a   Poulain, P M ^b   Forget, P ^a   Griffa, A ^c,d   Barbin, Y ^a   Gaggelli, J ^a   De Maistre, J C ^a   Rixen, M ^e  

^a LSEET   (France)

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

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal radar; Data validation; Drifter; Lagrangian dispersion; VHF

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LANTHANUM; RADAR SYSTEMS; TRAJECTORIES;

COASTAL RADARS; DATA VALIDATION; DRIFTER; LAGRANGIAN DISPERSION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPACE VARIABILITY; SYNTHETIC CLUSTERS; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DRIFTER; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

LA SPEZIA GULF; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77958452778     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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