The atmospheric boundary layer during swell: A field study and interpretation of the turbulent kinetic energy budget for high wave ages

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2764-2779

  Hogstrom U ^a   Smedman, A ^a   Sahlee E ^a   Drennan, W M ^b   Kahma, K K ^c   Pettersson, H ^c   Zhang, F ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMBINED EFFECT; FIELD STUDIES; MECHANICAL PRODUCTION; SWELL WAVES; TIME-RATE; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; WAVE AGE; WIND PROFILES; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

KINETIC ENERGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SWELL; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70349281572     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2973.1     Document Type: Article

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