Wind and pressure fields near tropical cyclone Oliver derived from scatterometer observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D12, 1996, Pages 17021-17027

  Hsu, Carol S ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONES; PRESSURE FIELDS; SATELLITES; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CYCLONE OLIVER; ERS-1; SCATTEROMETER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 0030426985     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JD01229     Document Type: Article

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