Scale dependence of air-sea fluxes over the western equatorial pacific

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2997-3012

  Sun, Jielun ^a   Howell, James F ^b   Esbensen, Steven K ^b   Mahrt, L ^b   Greb, Christine M ^b   Grossman, Robert ^a   LeMone, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR-SEA FLUX; AIR/SEA FLUX; BOUNDARY LAYER; BULK AERODYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MOMENTUM; SCALE-DEPENDENCE; SEA SURFACE; TOGA COARE;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0030427996     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2997:SDOASF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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