Changes in ocean surface wind with a focus on trends in regional and monthly mean values

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-67

  Zieger, S ^a   Babanin, A V ^a   Young, I R ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altimeter; SSM I; Surface wind speed; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894038983     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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