Air-sea gas transfer: Its depedence on wind stress, small-scale roughness, and surface films

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Frew, Nelson M ^a   Bock, Erik J ^b   Schimpf, Uwe ^b   Hara, Tetsu ^c   Haußecker, Horst ^b   Edson, James B ^a   McGillis, Wade R ^a   Nelson, Robert K ^a   McKenna, Sean P ^a   Uz, B Mete ^c   Jahne B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea gas transfer; Small acale waves; Surface films

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GAS EXCHANGE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND STRESS;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244261870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002131     Document Type: Article

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