Enthalpy transfer across the air-water interface in high winds including spray

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2733-2748

  Jeong, Dahai ^a   Haus, Brian K ^a   Donelan, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR VOLUMES; AIR WATER INTERFACES; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; ENTHALPY FLUXES; EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIGH WINDS; INTERFACIAL TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NEUTRAL WINDS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TRANSFER RATES; UNKNOWN QUANTITY; UPPER LIMITS; WATER VOLUMES; WIND SPEED;

BUDGET CONTROL; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WIND;

ENTHALPY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ENTHALPY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84867923304     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0260.1     Document Type: Article

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