Obtaining surface momentum and sensible heat fluxes from crosswind scintillometers

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-16

  Andreas, Edgar L ^a  

^a US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OPTICAL METHOD; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034128515     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0003:OSMASH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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