Bulk parameterization of air-sea fluxes: Updates and verification for the COARE algorithm

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-591

  Fairall, C W ^a   Bradley, E F ^b   Hare, J E ^c   Grachev, A A ^c   Edson, J B ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; ITERATIVE METHODS; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; WIND;

SCALAR TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE FLUX; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0141788203     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0571:BPOASF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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