Impact of Ocean Spray on the Dynamics of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-410

  Kudryavtsev, V N ^a   Makin, V K ^b  

^a RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High wind speeds; Marine atmospheric boundary layer; Sea surface drag; Spume droplets; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

HIGH WIND SPEED; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; SEA-SURFACE DRAG; SPUME DROPLETS; WAVE BREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DRAG; DROPS; DYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; SPEED; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; BREAKING WAVE; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HURRICANE; JET FLOW; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARTICLE MOTION; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING; WAVE BREAKING; WIND SHEAR; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

HOLODISCUS;

EID: 80051640180     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9624-2     Document Type: Article

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