Characteristic frequency distributions of remotely sensed In Situ and modelled wind speeds

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1087-1102

  Bauer, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized extreme value distribution; Global ocean; Histogram; Linear moments; Weibull distribution; Wind speeds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; MODELLING; WIND SPEEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL OCEAN; MODELLING; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0030432894     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199610)16:10<1087::aid-joc68>3.3.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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