A comparison of two surface wind stress analyses over the tropical Atlantic during 1980-1987

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 906-927

  Huang, Bohua ^a   Shukla, J ^a  

^a Institute of Global Environment and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ECMWF; OCEANIC GCM; SEA SURFACE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030430395     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0906:ACOTSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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