Toward a better determination of turbulent air-sea fluxes from several experiments

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 600-618

  Weill, A ^a   Eymard, L ^a   Caniaux, G ^b   Hauser, D ^a   Planton, S ^b   Dupuis, H ^c   Brut, A ^b   Guerin, C ^a   Nacass, P ^d   Butet, A ^b   Cloche S ^a   Pedreros, R ^c   Durand, P ^b   Bourras, D ^e   Giordani, H ^b   Lachaud, G ^b   Bouhours, G ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c DGO   (France)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTOMETERS; WATER TANKS;

INERTIAL DISSIPATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0141523011     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0600:TABDOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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