Influence of a new turbulence regime on the global air-sea heat fluxes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5925-5941

  Sahlée, Erik ^a   Smedman, Ann Sofi ^b   Rutgersson, Anna ^b   Högström, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATENT HEAT; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; TURBULENCE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR-SEA HEAT FLUXES; ARABIAN SEAS; BOUNDARY-LAYER TURBULENCES; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SOUTHERN OCEANS; SURFACE FLUXES; SURFACE LAYERS; THERMAL FORCING; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; UNDERLYING SURFACES; WIND SPEED;

HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EDDY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 60749115614     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2279.1     Document Type: Article

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