Which bulk aerodynamic algorithms are least problematic in computing ocean surface turbulent fluxes?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 619-635

  Brunke, Michael A ^a   Fairall, Chris W ^b   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Eymard, Laurence ^c   Curry, Judith A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; TURBULENCE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0141452294     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0619:WBAAAL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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