Combined estimates improve high-resolution coastal wind mapping

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Volumn 82, Issue 41, 2001, Pages

  Thompson, Donald R ^a   Monaldo, Frank M ^b   Seal, Robert C ^b   Winstead, Nathaniel S ^b   Pichel, William G ^b   Clemente Colon, Pablo ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0010787225     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/01EO00278     Document Type: Article

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