A QuikSCAT climatology of ocean surface winds in the Nordic seas: Indentification of features and comparison with the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Kolstad, Erik W ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPEED; WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 54749108370     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008918     Document Type: Article

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