Wind rose bias correction

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1305-1309

  Applequist, Scott ^a  

^a NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Wind

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; TECHNIQUES USED; WIND DISTRIBUTION;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84864843601     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0193.1     Document Type: Article

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