Aircraft Observations of Sea-Surface Turbulent Fluxes Near the California Coast

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-306

  Kalogiros, John ^a   Wang, Qing ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; COARE bulk parametrization; Coastal area; Flux divergence; Longitudinal rolls; Turbulent transfer coefficients

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; FLUX DIVERGENCE; LONGITUDINAL ROLLS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; TURBULENT TRANSFER;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COASTAL ZONES; DRAG; ESTIMATION; HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; DRAG; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953295340     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9585-x     Document Type: Article

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