Synergistic surface current mapping by spaceborne stereo imaging and coastal HF radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Matthews, John Philip ^a   Yoshikawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; EARTH (PLANET); RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ALONG TRACK STEREO; CURRENT STRENGTH; CURRENT VECTORS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE LAYERS; VERTICAL CURRENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; DATA SET; IMAGERY; OPEN OCEAN; RADAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEREO IMAGE; STOKES FORMULA; STRAIT; SURFACE LAYER; SYNERGISM; VERTICAL PROFILE;

JAPAN; KOREA STRAIT; TSUSHIMA STRAIT;

EID: 85027957580     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052546     Document Type: Article

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