A comparison of VHF wind profiler observations and the NCEP-NCAR reanalysis over the tropical Pacific

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 873-889

  Schafer, Robert ^a   Avery, Susan K ^a   Gage, Kenneth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; WIND;

TOPOGRAPHY;

METEOROLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; WIND PROFILE; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041592630     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0873:ACOVWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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