Ocean current and wave effects on wind stress drag coefficient over the global ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Metzger, E Joseph ^a   Bourassa, Mark A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

GLOBAL OCEAN; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WIND STRESS DRAG COEFFICIENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEAN WAVE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 34548017393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027849     Document Type: Article

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