Local sea surface wind, wind stress, and sensible and latent heat fluxes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2711-2724

  Hasse, Lutz ^a   Smith, Stuart D ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA; TURBULENCE; WIND;

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0031420959     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2711:LSSWWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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