Stochastic analysis of Southern and Pacific Ocean Sea surface winds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 654-666

  Sura, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MARKOV PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; WHITE NOISE;

STOCHASTIC DYNAMICAL SYSTEM; SURFACE WINDS;

WIND;

SEA SURFACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0141476416     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<0654:SAOSAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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