A comparison of nine monthly air-sea flux products

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1002-1027

  Smith, Shawn R ^a   Hughes, Paul J ^a   Bourassa, Mark A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; In situ fluxes; Reanalyses; Satellite fluxes; Surface fluxes; Turbulent fluxes

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; IN-SITU; REANALYSES; SURFACE FLUXES; TURBULENT FLUX;

HEAT FLUX; REGIONAL PLANNING; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 79957498989     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2225     Document Type: Article

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