Spectral characteristics of turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer over the ocean between the outer rain bands

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 649, 2010, Pages 918-926

  Zhang, Jun A ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Spectra; Turbulent fluxes; Universal spectral curves

Indexed keywords

COUPLED BOUNDARY LAYER AIR-SEA TRANSFERS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MIXED LAYER; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SCALING METHOD; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SIMILARITY THEORY; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL CURVES; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; SURFACE LAYERS; TURBULENT EDDY; TURBULENT FLUX; WIND VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; HURRICANES; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; HURRICANE FABIAN 2003; HURRICANE ISABEL 2003; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WAVELENGTH; WIND VELOCITY;

FABIA;

EID: 77954523026     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.610     Document Type: Article

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