The turbulence regime of a very stable marine airflow with quasi-frictional decoupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C9, 1997, Pages 21049-21059

  Smedman, Ann Sofi ^a   Hogstrom, Ulf ^a   Bergstrom, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW OVER WATER; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; WIND GRADIENT;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0031423234     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC01070     Document Type: Article

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