On equatorial Pacific surface wind changes around 1977: NCEP-NCAR reanalysis versus COADS observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Wu, Renguang ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; OBSERVATORIES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE WIND CHANGES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0141595346     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0167:OEPSWC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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