Sensible heat flux in near-neutral conditions over the sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1134-1142

  Mahrt, L ^a   Vickers, Dean ^b   Andreas, Edgar L ^c   Khelif, Djamal ^d  

^a NorthWest Research Associates (Seattle Division)   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NorthWest Research Associates (Seattle Division)   (United States)

^d University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Boundary layer

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; COUNTERGRADIENT; DATA SETS; MESOSCALE; MICRO-SCALE VARIATION; NEAR-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; OFFSET ERRORS; SEA SPRAY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; ERROR ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84867971176     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0186.1     Document Type: Article

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