How representative are local measurements of the surface shear stress for regional values

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 8-12, 2002, Pages 1349-1355

  Eng, K ^a   Brutsaert, W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Land atmosphere hydrology; Neutral atmospheric conditions; Surface roughness; Surface shear stress; Turbulence similarity; Turbulent surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INTERPOLATION; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND;

SURFACE LAYERS;

WATER RESOURCES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0036704520     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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