Wind stress measurements from the open ocean corrected for airflow distortion by the ship

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1511-1526

  Yelland, M J ^a   Moat, B I ^a   Taylor, P K ^a   Pascal, R W ^a   Hutchings, J ^a   Cornell, V C ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNEL;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; ERROR CORRECTION; FLOW MODELING; SEA SURFACE; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0032439199     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1511:WSMFTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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