A high-resolution surface vector wind product for coastal oceans: Blending satellite scatterometer measurements with regional mesoscale atmospheric model simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-1-13-4

  Chao, Yi ^a   Li, Zhijin ^b   Kindle, John C ^c   Paduan, Jeffrey D ^d   Chavez, Francesco P ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE WIND;

EID: 0037493743     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015729     Document Type: Article

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