Measurements of momentum and heat transfer across the air-sea interface

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1054-1072

  Gerbi, Gregory P ^a   Trowbridge, John H ^a   Edson, James B ^b   Plueddemann, Albert J ^a   Terray, Eugene A ^a   Fredericks, Janet J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESTIMATION; FLUXES; GRADIENT METHODS; MEASUREMENTS; MOMENTUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE INTERFACES; SET THEORY; STANDARDS; TURBULENCE; WAVES;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AIR-SEA INTERFACE; AND HEAT TRANSFER; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; IN ORDER; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION (LC); LENGTH SCALING; MIXED LAYERING; MONIN-OBUKHOV STABILITY; NEW METHODS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITY; TURBULENT FLUXES; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WAVE BANDS; WAVE BREAKING; WAVY SURFACES;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 45749105617     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3739.1     Document Type: Article

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