Gale force winds over the Irminger Sea to the east of Cape Farewell, Greenland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

FORCE WINDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; POLAR METEOROLOGY; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 0347478127     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl018012     Document Type: Article

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