Observational estimates of the horizontal eddy diffusivity and mixing length in the low-level region of intense hurricanes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1306-1316

  Zhang, Jun A ^a,b   Montgomery, Michael T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Aircraft observations; Boundary layer; Diffusion; In situ observations; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; EYEWALL; HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYERS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; K-THEORY; MEAN WIND SPEED; MIXING LENGTH; MOMENTUM FLUX; SEA SURFACES; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENT EDDY; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; MOMENTUM; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; EDDY; HURRICANE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84861466705     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0180.1     Document Type: Article

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