Coastal winds in South Florida

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1740-1757

  Peng, Ge ^a   Mooers, Christopher N K ^b   Graber, Hans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; SURFACE WIND; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033503734     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1740:CWISF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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