Cool and freshwater skin of the ocean during rainfall

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 437-472

  Schlüssel, Peter ^a,b   Soloviev, Alexander V ^c   Emery, William J ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Cool skin; Freshwater skin; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; FRESHWATER SKIN; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER; MOLECULAR BOUNDARY LAYER; RAINFALL;

EID: 0030913275     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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