Characterization of turbulent latent and sensible heat flux exchange between the atmosphere and ocean in MERRA

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 821-838

  Roberts, J Brent ^a   Robertson, Franklin R ^a   Clayson, Carol A ^b,d   Bosilovich, Michael G ^c  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climatology; Fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; BULK PARAMETERS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SETS; ENERGY AND WATER BALANCE; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; INCREMENTAL ANALYSIS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENT FLUX; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WATER AND ENERGIES; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLUXES; MOISTURE; NASA; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WIND; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER BUDGET; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84856973300     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00029.1     Document Type: Article

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