Empirical models of the probability distribution of sea surface wind speeds

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5798-5814

  Monahan, Adam Hugh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; VECTORS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EMPIRICAL MODELS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SEA SURFACE WIND SPEEDS;

WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 37549029206     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1609.1     Document Type: Article

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