Heat fluxes over weak SST heterogeneity

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Mahrt, L ^a   Khelif, D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AIRCRAFT DATA; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT SCALE; FLUX COMPUTATION; MULTI-RESOLUTION WAVELET TRANSFORM; NON-LINEARITY; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; HEAT FLUX; HETEROGENEITY; NONLINEARITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE; WAVELET;

EID: 77953731538     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013161     Document Type: Article

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