Variations in ocean surface temperature due to near-surface flow: Straining the cool skin layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2685-2710

  Wells, Andrew J ^a,b   Cenedese, Claudia ^c   Farrar, J Thomas ^c   Zappa, Christopher J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; COOL SKIN; COOLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FREE CONVECTIONS; FREE SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OCEAN SURFACES; SKIN LAYER; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SURFACE STRAINING; SURFACTANT EFFECTS; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

CONTROL SURFACES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; UPWELLING;

EID: 73649091800     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO3980.1     Document Type: Article

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