OBSERVATIONS OF THE FLORIDA CURRENT WITH 2 OVER-THE-HORIZON RADARS

Authors
GEORGES TM HARLAN JA LEE TN LEBEN RR
Citation
Tm. Georges et al., OBSERVATIONS OF THE FLORIDA CURRENT WITH 2 OVER-THE-HORIZON RADARS, Radio science, 33(4), 1998, pp. 1227-1239
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Remote Sensing","Geochemitry & Geophysics","Instument & Instrumentation","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences",Telecommunications
Journal title
Radio science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00486604
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1227 - 1239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-6604(1998)33:4<1227:OOTFCW>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We show the space and time variability of the Florida Current in the S outhern Straits of Florida using imagery derived from measurements mad e with two high-frequency over-the-horizon (ionospheric) radars. Betwe en March and August 1997, ten surface current maps show how the Florid a Current meanders in response to mesoscale eddies propagating eastwar d through the Straits. Satellite altimetry aids in the interpretation of the radar imagery by showing upstream eddy development in the Gulf of Mexico.