Study on a platform effect in the in situ sea surface temperature observations under weak wind and clear sky conditions using numerical models

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-196

  Kawai, Yoshimi ^a,b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WEATHERNEWS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 0034051932     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0185:SOAPEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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