Satellite observations of circulation features associated with a bowhead whale feeding 'hotspot' near Barrow, Alaska

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2168-2174

  Okkonen, Stephen R ^a   Ashjian, Carin J ^b   Campbell, Robert G ^c   Clarke, Janet T ^d   Moore, Sue E ^e   Taylor, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d SAIC   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowhead whales; Fronts; Oceanography; Shelf break currents; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEYS; ALASKA COASTAL CURRENTS; BOWHEAD WHALES; FRONTS; HOT SPOT; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SHELF BREAK CURRENTS; WIND CONDITIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURVEYS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

AERIAL SURVEY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COASTAL CURRENT; FEEDING GROUND; MIGRATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELF BREAK; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WHALE; WIND PROFILE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 79957586242     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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