Noninertial flow in NSCAT observations of Tehuantepec winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11311-11319

  Bourassa, Mark A ^a   Zamudio, Luis ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NSCAT; SATELLITE SENSOR; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; WIND FIELD;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033562215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900110     Document Type: Article

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