Spiral eddies in the Baltic, Black and Caspian seas as seen by satellite radar data

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1107-1124

  Karimova, Svetlana ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eddy activity; SAR images; Space radar; Spiral eddies; Sub mesoscale eddies; Vortical structures

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; RADAR IMAGING; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VORTICITY;

EDDY ACTIVITY; SAR IMAGES; SPACE RADAR; SPIRAL EDDY; SUB-MESOSCALE EDDIES; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

EID: 84865466524     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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