The global distribution of the time-average wind stress curl from NSCAT

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-131

  Milliff, R F ^a   Morzel, J ^a  

^a Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL OCEAN; NSCAT; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0035862625     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0109:TGDOTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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