Uncertainties in seasonal wind torques over the ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 715-722

  Ponte, Rui M ^a   Mahadevan, Amala ^a   Rajamony, Jayendran ^a   Rosen, Richard D ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SATELLITES; WIND; WIND STRESS;

ZONAL TORQUES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0141564764     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0715:UISWTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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