The behavior of the bulk - Skin sea surface temperature difference under varying wind speed and heat flux

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1969-1988

  Wick, Gary A ^a,c   Emery, William J ^a   Kantha, Lakshmi H ^a   Schlüssel, Peter ^b  

^a UCB 428   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0030438104     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1969:TBOTBS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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