Spatial variation of sea-spray fluxes over a mediterranean coastal zone using a sea-state model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-183

  Piazzola, Jacques ^a   Forget, Philippe ^a   Lafon, Christine ^a   Despiau, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air sea interactions; Fetch; Sea spray; Waves; Whitecap coverage

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; COASTAL AREA; FETCH; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL ZONE; NARROW BANDS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SEA SPRAY; SEA STATE; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPRAY FLUX; STATE MODELS; STATE-DEPENDENT; STUDY AREAS; WAVE CONDITIONS; WHITECAP COVERAGE; WIND EVENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COASTAL ZONES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; WATER WAVE; WAVE FORCE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67349107025     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9386-2     Document Type: Article

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