The determination of logbook wind force and weather terms: The English case

Climatic Change

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 57-77

  Wheeler, Dennis ^a   Wilkinson, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

HISTORICAL DATA; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 28244486024     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-6949-1     Document Type: Article

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