Evaluation of the air-sea bulk formula and sea-surface temperature variability from observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Vickers, Dean ^a   Mahrt, L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33745805812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003323     Document Type: Article

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