Arabian sea surface winds and ocean transports determined from ERS-1 scatterometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7799-7805

  Halpern, David ^a   Freilich, Michael H ^b   Weller, Robert A ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE; WIND;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032521981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02572     Document Type: Article

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