Similarity relationships in the unstable aquatic surface layer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Anis, A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; WIND STIRRING;

SEAWATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAKE; OCEAN; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 34047243151     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027268     Document Type: Article

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