Operational impact of QuikSCAT winds at the NOAA Ocean Prediction Center

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-539

  Von Ahn, Joan M ^a,b   Sienkiewicz, Joseph M ^c   Chang, Paul S ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b NCEP ^*  (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HURRICANES; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER STABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED GRADIENTS;

WIND;

NOAA SATELLITE; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33748538681     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF934.1     Document Type: Article

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