The interface of air-sea flux component of the TOGA coupled ocean-atmosphere response experiment and its impact on subsequent air-sea interaction studies

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-257

  Weller, Robert A ^a   Bradley, Frank ^b   Lukas, Roger ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERICS; METEOROLOGY; SEAWATER; TROPICS;

AIR-SEA FLUX COMPONENT; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FRESHWATER-FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGORITHM; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 1842731681     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0223:TIOAFC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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