Modelling sensible and latent heat fluxes over sea during unstable, very close to neutral conditions

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-415

  Rutgersson, Anna ^a   Carlsson, Björn ^a   Smedman, Ann Sofi ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air sea exchange; Heat fluxes; Near neutral stratification; UVCN regime

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LATENT HEAT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; DALTON NUMBER; SENSIBLE HEAT; STANTON NUMBER;

HEAT FLUX;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LATENT HEAT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 34249905446     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9150-9     Document Type: Article

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