On the variability of the fluxes of momentum and sensible heat

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-107

  Drennan, William M ^a   Shay, Lynn K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea fluxes; Sampling variability; Stress direction; Surface currents; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA FLUXES; FREQUENCY RADAR; SAMPLING VARIABILITY; SENSIBLE HEAT; STRESS DIRECTION; SURFACE CURRENTS; TURBULENT FLUXES;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 33745115966     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-9010-z     Document Type: Article

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