A relationship between the Bowen ratio and sea-air temperature difference under unstable conditions at sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2222-2226

  Hsu, S A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOWEN RATIO; COLD AIR; LATENT HEAT FLUX;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032987918     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2222:ARBTBR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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