The near-surface wind field over the antarctic continent

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1973-1982

  van Lipzig, N P M ^a   Turner, J ^a   Colwell, S R ^a   van den Broeke, M R ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Atmospheric modelling; Wind field

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; BIMODAL WIND DISTRIBUTION; GRID SPACING; MODEL OUTPUT;

WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ICE SHEET; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 11844306008     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1090     Document Type: Article

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