Measured changes in ocean surface roughness due to atmospheric boundary layer rolls

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C3, 2001, Pages 4639-4654

  Vandemark, D ^a   Mourad, P D ^b   Bailey, S A ^a   Crawford, T L ^c   Vogel, C A ^d   Sun, J ^e   Chapron, B ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division   (United States)

^d NOAA Atmosph Turbulence D   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 0034931964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000051     Document Type: Article

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