Comparison of MM5 and meteorological buoy winds from British Columbia to northern California

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-81

  Tinis, Scott W ^a   Thomson, Richard E ^a   Mass, Clifford F ^b   Hickey, Barbara M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 33645910872     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.440105     Document Type: Article

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