On the determination of wind direction using an upward looking acoustic Doppler current profiler

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C5, 1996, Pages 12163-12176

  Zedel, L ^a   Crawford, G B ^b   Gordon, L ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Teledyne RD Instruments   (United States)

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EID: 0029903932     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(ISSN)2156-2202c     Document Type: Article

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