Sea surface drag and the role of spray

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 656-660

  Richter, David H ^a   Sullivan, Peter P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

sea spray; surface drag; turbulence

Indexed keywords

DRAG; MOMENTUM; SURFACE WATERS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DISPERSED PHASE MODELS; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SEA SPRAY; TURBULENT COUETTE FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COUETTE FLOW; DRAG COEFFICIENT; DROPLET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOMENTUM; SEA SURFACE; SPRAY; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84878193686     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50163     Document Type: Article

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