SAR-derived gap jet characteristics in the lee of the Philippine Archipelago

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-300

  Gierach, Michelle M ^a   Graber, Hans C ^a   Caruso, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap jets; Monsoon surges; Philippine Archipelago; SAR

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ENVISAT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; JET INTERACTIONS; MONSOON SURGES; PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO; PHILIPPINE ISLAND; POWER LAW; SAR; SAR IMAGES; SELF-SIMILAR; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; WIND FIELD; WINTER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCHIPELAGO; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVISAT-1; JET STREAM; MONSOON; POWER LAW; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND FIELD;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84855444916     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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