Impact of wind/wind-stress field in the North Pacific constructed by ADEOS/NSCAT data

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 443-456

  Kutsuwada, Kunio ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADEOS NSCAT; North Pacific; Scatterometer; Validation; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ADEOS; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; WIND STRESS;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032459196     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02742447     Document Type: Article

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