Air-sea exchanges in the equatorial area from the EQUALANT99 dataset: Bulk parametrizations of turbulent fluxes corrected for airflow distortion

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 610 B, 2005, Pages 2497-2538

  Brut, Aurore ^a   Butet, A ^a   Durand, P ^a   Caniaux, G ^a   Planton, S ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea flux measurements; Eddy correlation; Inertial dissipation method; Open ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

AIR-SEA FLUX MEASUREMENTS; EDDY CORRELATION; INERTIAL DISSIPATION METHOD; OPEN OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 27144506620     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.185     Document Type: Article

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