Establishing more truth in true winds

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 939-952

  Smith, Shawn R ^a   Bourassa, Mark A ^a   Sharp, Ryan J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; VESSEL; WEATHER STATION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0032702749     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0939:EMTITW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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