Fallacies of the enthalpy transfer coefficient over the ocean in high winds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1435-1445

  Andreas, Edgar L ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

10-M DRAG COEFFICIENT; AIR SEA FLUX; AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR-SEA INTERFACE; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; BULK SURFACES; COUPLED BOUNDARY LAYERS; HIGH WINDS; INTERFACIAL TRANSFER; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MOLECULAR PROCESS; OPEN OCEAN; SEA SPRAY; SENSIBLE HEAT; SINGLE VALUED FUNCTIONS; STAND-ALONE MODES; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TURBULENT FLUX; WIND SPEED;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DRAG; LATENT HEAT; SPEED; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

ENTHALPY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTHALPY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79960320003     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3714.1     Document Type: Article

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