Effect of surface waves on Charnock coefficient under tropical cyclones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Moon, Il Ju ^a   Ginis, Isaac ^a   Hara, Tetsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

4255 Oceanography: General: Numerical modeling; 4263 Oceanography: General: Ocean prediction; 4504 Oceanography: Physical: Air sea interactions (0312); 4560 Oceanography: Physical: Surface waves and tides (1255); 4572 Oceanography: Physical: Upper ocean processes

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; TROPICS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA MOMENTUM FLUX; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WAVE FIELDS;

HURRICANES;

MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SURFACE WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 11844271441     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020988     Document Type: Article

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