Intercomparison of aircraft and buoy measurements of wind and wind stress during SMILE

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 969-977

  Beardsley, Robert C ^a   Enriquez, Amelito G ^b   Friehe, Carl A ^b   Alessi, Carol A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001336236     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0969:IOAABM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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