Effect of surface waves on air-sea momentum flux in high wind conditions for typhoons in the South China Sea

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1107-1113

  Zhou, Liangming ^a   Wang, Aifang ^a   Guo, Peifang ^a   Wang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Charnock coefficient; Drag coefficient; Typhoon; Wave age; WAVEWATCH III

Indexed keywords

AIR; HURRICANES; MOMENTUM; STORMS; SURFACE WAVES; WIND;

AIR-SEA MOMENTUM FLUX; CHARNOCK COEFFICIENT; HIGH WINDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE WINDS; WAVE AGE; WAVE MODELLING; WAVEWATCH-III; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED;

DRAG COEFFICIENT;

EID: 52249086906     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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