Surface fluxes in the North Atlantic current during CATCH/FASTEX

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3563-3599

  Eymard, L ^e   Caniaux, G ^a   Dupuis, H ^b   Prieur, L ^c   Giordani, H ^a   Troadec, R ^e   Bessemoulin, P ^a   Lachaud, G ^a   Bouhours, G ^a   Bourras, D ^e   Guerin C ^e   Le Borgne, P ^d   Brisson, A ^d   Marsouin, A ^d  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b DGO   (France)

^c LPCM   (France)

^d CMS   (France)

^e CNRM ^*

Author keywords

Air sea flux measurement; Air sea flux parametrization; FASTEX; Inertial dissipation method; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CURRENT; CYCLOGENESIS; FASTEX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 17144474837     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56119     Document Type: Article

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