Accuracy of 10 m winds from satellites and NWP products near land-sea boundaries

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Wallcraft, A J ^a   Barron, C N ^a   Hurlburt, H E ^a   Bourassa, M A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL OCEAN; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SSM-I; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 57549095933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004516     Document Type: Article

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