The influence of mesoscale features of the sea surface temperature distribution on marine boundary layer winds off the Scotian shelf during the superstorm of March 1993

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2793-2808

  Desjardins, Serge ^a   Benoit, Robert ^a   Swail, Val ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033035516     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2793:TIOMFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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