Reconstruction of sea surface wind fields over the North Pacific using sea level pressure fields during the period of 1899-1995

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 731-751

  Hanawa, Kimio ^a   Yasuda, Tamaki ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0039030630     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.6_731     Document Type: Article

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