Aircraft-based observations of air-sea fluxes over Denmark Strait and the Irminger sea during high wind speed conditions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 645, 2009, Pages 2030-2045

  Petersen, G N ^a   Renfrew, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance fluxes; FAAM; Greenland flow distortion experiment (GFDex); Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE FLUXES; FLOW DISTORTION; GREENLAND; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE FLUXES;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

SEAWATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPEN WATER; SEA ICE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 74849122072     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.355     Document Type: Article

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