A new FSU winds climatology

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3686-3698

  Bourassa, Mark A ^a   Romero, Rosario ^a   Smith, Shawn R ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SURFACE WINDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SAMPLING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 27344453966     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3487.1     Document Type: Article

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