Seasonal variability of QSCAT-derived wind stress over the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Luis, Alvarinho J ^a   Pandey, Prem Chand ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MAPPING; SATELLITES; WIND STRESS; NASA;

ANTARTICA; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE WIND STRESSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEA SURFACE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL WINTER; INDIAN OCEAN; REGIONAL SCALE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE WIND STRESS; WIND STRESS CURL;

EID: 4544269056     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019355     Document Type: Article

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