Ocean currents evident in satellite wind data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2469-2472

  Kelly, Kathryn A ^a   Dickinson, Suzanne ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b   Johnson, Gregory C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; GEOPHYSICS; RADAR; SATELLITES; WIND STRESS;

RADAR SCATTEROMETERS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CURRENT; REMOTE SENSING; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0035875011     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012610     Document Type: Article

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