Structure of the marine atmospheric boundary layer over an oceanic thermal front: SEMAPHORE experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C11, 1998, Pages 25159-25180

  Kwon, B H ^a,c   Benech B ^a   Lambert, D ^a   Durand, P ^a   Druilhet, A ^a   Giordani, H ^b   Planton, S ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES REGION;

EID: 0345630107     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC02207     Document Type: Article

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