Diurnal and Semidiurnal Variations of the Surface Wind Field over the Tropical Pacific Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1730-1748

  Deser, Clara ^a,b   Smith, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000443515     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1730:DASVOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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