Momentum flux structures and statistics in low-wind marine surface layers: Observations and large-eddy simulations

27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sullivan, Peter P ^a   Edson, James B ^b   Hristov, Tihomir ^c   McWilliams, James C ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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