Estimation of dissipative heating using low-level in situ aircraft observations in the hurricane boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1853-1862

  Zhang, Jun A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Boundary layer; Heating; Hurricanes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; DATA SETS; DISSIPATIVE HEATING; EDDY CORRELATION METHOD; HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYERS; IN-SITU; MOMENTUM FLUX; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RATE OF DISSIPATION; SEA SURFACES; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE WIND SPEED; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HEATING; HURRICANES; MODELS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEATING; HURRICANE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77955541965     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3397.1     Document Type: Article

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