Low-frequency variability of the statistical moments of sea surface winds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  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

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NONLINEAR DRAG LAW; STATISTICAL MOMENTS;

WIND;

SEA SURFACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 4143098053     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019599     Document Type: Article

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