An assessment of the uncertainties in ocean surface turbulent fluxes in 11 reanalysis, satellite-derived, and combined global datasets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5469-5493

  Brunke, Michael A ^a   Wang, Zhuo ^a   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Bosilovich, Michael ^b   Shie, Chung Lin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data processing distribution; Fluxes; Satellite observations; Turbulence; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FLUX PRODUCT; GLOBAL DATASETS; HIGH LATITUDES; OCEAN SURFACES; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SENSIBLE HEAT; STRONG WINDS; SURFACE TURBULENT FLUXES; TOTAL FLUX; TURBULENT FLUX; WATER CYCLE; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA HANDLING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RATING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

SATELLITES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 79960692661     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4223.1     Document Type: Article

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