Surface wind variability on spatial scales from 1 to 1000 km observed during TOGA COARE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2222-2231

  Wikle, Christopher K ^a,b   Milliff, Ralph F ^a   Large, William G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; KINETIC ENERGY;

SURFACE WIND VARIABILITY;

WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND;

EID: 0032717391     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2222:SWVOSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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