Comparisons between the TAO buoy and NASA scatterometer windvectors

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 799-806

  Dickinson, S ^a   Kelly, K A ^a   Caruso, M J ^a   McPhaden, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; CALIBRATION; RAIN; WIND;

WIND VECTORS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOY SYSTEM; NSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035332085     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<0799:CBTTBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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