5-day average wind over north-west Atlantic from ERS1 using a variational analysis

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-344

  Siefridt, L ^a   Barnier, B ^a   Legler, D M ^b   O'Brien, J J ^b  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ERS1 scatterometer; North Atlantic; Ocean winds; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007205669     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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