Parameterizing the sea surface roughness

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 835-848

  Drennan, William M ^a   Taylor, Peter K ^b   Yelland, Margaret J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS;

NET MOMENTUM FLUX; PHYSICS-MOTIVATED SCALINGS; WAVE STEEPNESS FORMULA; WAVE-AGE SCALING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 21844460252     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2704.1     Document Type: Article

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