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Measurements of winds and surface fluxes

Detection of diurnal cycle of ocean surface wind from space-based observations

Wenqing TangJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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W. Timothy LiuJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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Bryan StilesJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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Alexander ForeJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Pages 5328-5341 | Received 14 Jan 2013, Accepted 12 May 2013, Published online: 24 Jul 2014

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