Hurricane Katrina winds measured by a buoy-mounted sonic anemometer

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-616

  Howden, Stephan D ^a   Gilhousen, David ^b   Guinasso, Norman ^c   Walpert, John ^c   Sturgeon, Michael ^d   Bender, Les ^c  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b NOAA National Data Buoy Center   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; BUOYS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FLUID MECHANICS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); GULF OF MEXICO (GOM); HORIZONTAL PLANES; HURRICANE KATRINA; MISSISSIPPI; SONIC ANEMOMETERS; TWO-AXIS;

ANEMOMETERS;

ANEMOMETER; BUOY SYSTEM; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI BIGHT;

EID: 45749122308     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHO518.1     Document Type: Article

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