Surface circulation in the Iroise Sea (W. Brittany) from high resolution HF radar mapping

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 109-110, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Sentchev, Alexei ^a   Forget, Philippe ^b   Barbin, Yves ^b   Yaremchuk, Max ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy field; HF radar; Iroise Sea; Residual flow; Tidal current

Indexed keywords

EDDY FIELD; HF RADARS; IROISE SEA; RESIDUAL FLOW; TIDAL CURRENTS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; RADAR; VELOCITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGORITHM; ANTICYCLONE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; EDDY; FLOOD; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOLUTION; TIDAL CURRENT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

BAY OF SEINE; BRETAGNE; FINISTERE; FRANCE; IROISE SEA; OUESSANT;

EID: 84871620984     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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