A bulk turbulent air-sea flux algorithm for high-wind, spray conditions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1581-1596

  Andreas, Edgar L ^a   Persson, P Ola G ^b,d   Hare, Jeffrey E ^c  

^a North West Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA FLUXES; AIR-SEA INTERFACES; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE RESPONSE EXPERIMENTS; DATA-SETS; HIGH WINDS; INTERFACIAL FLUXES; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MOLECULAR PROCESS; PARAMETERIZED; SEA SPRAYS; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SPRAY CONDITIONS; SPRAY FLUXES; SPRAY MODELS; SURFACE FLUXES; TROPICAL OCEAN-GLOBAL ATMOSPHERES; TWO COMPONENTS; WIND SPEED;

EXPERIMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LATENT HEAT; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPRAY; TOGA-COARE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 65649121242     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3813.1     Document Type: Article

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