Determining the mixing of oil and sea water using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Minchew, Brent ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS; DEEPWATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING INDEX; OCEAN SURFACES; OIL/WATER; OPTICAL IMAGERY; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AERIAL SURVEY; CLEANUP; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; DRILLING RIG; FILM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING; OCEANIC CURRENT; OIL; SEA SURFACE; SEAWATER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84865620048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052304     Document Type: Article

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