Decorrelation scales of high-resolution turbulent fluxes at the ocean surface and a method to fill in gaps in satellite data products

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3378-3393

  Romanou, Anastasia ^a   Rossow, William B ^b   Chou, Shu Hsien ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND STRESS;

DECORRELATION SCALES; LINEAR REGRESSION FUNCTION; OCEAN SURFACE; TURBULENT FLUXES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33646362680     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3773.1     Document Type: Article

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