A comparative assessment of monthly mean wind speed products over the global ocean

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2520-2541

  Kent, Elizabeth C ^a   Fangohr, Susanne ^b   Berry, David I ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea CO2 flux; Air sea interaction; Air sea turbulent flux; Marine climatology; Scatterometer; SSM I; Structural uncertainty; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR-SEA CO; SCATTEROMETERS; SSM/I; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY; TURBULENT FLUX; WIND SPEED;

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAIN; STABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WIND EFFECTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84883202624     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3606     Document Type: Article

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