Measurements of ocean surface stress using aircraft scatterometers

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 835-848

  Weissman, David E ^a   Li, Fuk K ^b   Lou, Shu Hsiang ^b   Nghiem, Son V ^b   Neumann, Gregory ^b   McIntosh, Robert E ^c   Carson, Steven C ^c   Carswell, James R ^c   Graber, Hans C ^d   Jensen, Robert E ^e  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e Waterways Experiment Station   (United States)

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EID: 0000285789     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0835:MOOSSU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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