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Hsueh & Romea 1983
Hsueh, Y. and Romea, R.D. (1983). A comparison of observed and geostrophically calculated wintertime surface winds over the east China sea. Journal of Geophysical Research 88: doi: 10.1029/JC080i014p09588. issn: 0148-0227.

Wintertime geostrophic winds (&ngr;↘g), calculated over the East China Sea from surface pressure maps, are compared to observed winds (&ngr;↘0) from the region. For mean winds, the average counterclockwise veering angle from &ngr;↘g to &ngr;↘0 is 37¿. and the average reduction in amplitude is 39%. For fluctuating winds the average veering and attenuation are 25¿ and 55%. The greatest reduction occurs for land stations, while the lowest (33%) occurs at an offshore buoy station. Evidence from the power spectral computations suggests that the spectral contents of &ngr;↘g and &ngr;↘0 are very similar, even for cases where observed winds are of much lower amplitude and do not appear to be reliable.

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