Ocean Ambient Sound Instrument System: Acoustic estimation of wind speed and direction from a subsurface package

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1118-1126

  Zedel, Len ^a   Gordon, Lee ^b   Osterhus, Svein ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NortekUSA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0033431778     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1118:OASISA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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