Comparisons of surface meteorology and turbulent heat fluxes over the Atlantic: NWP model analyses versus moored buoy observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 679-695

  Sun, Bomin ^a   Yu, Lisan ^a   Weller, Robert A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYS; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXTRATROPICAL REGIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BUOY; HEAT FLUX; TOGA-COARE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0141676189     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0679:COSMAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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