An intercomparison of bulk aerodynamic algorithms used over sea ice with data from the Surface Heat Budget for the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Brunke, Michael A ^a   Zhou, Mingyu ^a,b   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Andreas, Edgar L ^c  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b National Research Center for Marine Environmental Forecasts   (China)

^c Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; SEA ICE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENCE; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548537290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002907     Document Type: Article

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