Sea-surface aerodynamic roughness

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Mahrt, L ^a   Vickers, Dean ^a   Frederickson, Paul ^b   Davidson, Ken ^b   Smedman, Ann Sofi ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic roughness length; Charnock formulation; Monin Obukhov similarity; Roughness length; Sea surface stress; Wave state

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ROUGHNESS; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141724883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001383     Document Type: Article

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