Spatial evaluations of ACCESS marine surface winds using scatterometer data

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-276

  Durrant, Tom H ^a   Greenslade, Diana J M ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUIKSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84879124472     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6204.006     Document Type: Article

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