Uncertainty of South China Sea prediction using NSCAT and National Centers for Environmental Prediction winds during tropical storm Ernie, 1996

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11273-11289

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Lu, Shihua ^b   Liu, W Timothy ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA SET; NSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 16444370694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900046     Document Type: Article

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