Scaled temperature spectrum in the unstable oceanic surface layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Wijesekera, Hemantha W ^a   Paulson, Clayton A ^a   Skyllingstad, Eric D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Horizontal wave number spectra; Oceanic surface layer; Similarity scaling; Surface wave breaking; Wave dissipation

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 18544402289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002066     Document Type: Article

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