NSCAT tropical wind stress maps: Implications for improving ocean modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11291-11310

  Kelly, Kathryn A ^a   Dickinson, Suzanne ^a   Yu, Zuojun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PACIFIC OCEAN; STRESS; TROPICS; WIND;

CIRCULATION MODELING; NSCAT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE SENSOR; SCATTEROMETER; WIND STRESS;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033562315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900036     Document Type: Article

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