Air-sea enthalpy and momentum exchange at major hurricane wind speeds observed during CBLAST

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3197-3222

  Bell, Michael M ^a,b   Montgomery, Michael T ^a,c   Emanuel, Kerry A ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Aircraft observations; Dropsondes; Radars Radar observations; Tropical cyclones; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; DROPSONDES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS;

BUDGET CONTROL; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ENTHALPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOUNDARY LAYER; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ENERGY BUDGET; ENTHALPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

FABIA;

EID: 84871993814     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0276.1     Document Type: Article

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