Practical modeling of hurricane surface wind fields

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 195-204

  Thompson, Edward F ^a,b   Cardone, Vincent J ^c  

^a ASCE ^*

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c Oceanweather Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0000035941     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0733-950x(1996)122:4(195)     Document Type: Article

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