Scatterometer observations of low-level wind jets over New Zealand coastal waters

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 458-475

  Laing, Andrew K ^a   Brenstrum, Erick ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; COASTS; JETS; WIND;

COASTAL ZONE; ERS-1; JETS; LOW LEVEL JET; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SCATTEROMETER; WIND FIELD; WIND FIELDS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030408668     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0458:SOOLLW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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