Evidence of spray-mediated air-sea enthalpy flux within tropical cyclones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2997-3003

  Richter, David H ^a   Stern, Daniel P ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

air sea transfer; dropsonde; enthalpy flux; sea spray

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERFACE; DROPSONDE; ENTHALPY FLUXES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SEA SPRAY; SURFACE ENTHALPIES; THERMODYNAMIC DATA; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ENTHALPY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRBORNE SENSING; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; RADIOSONDE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84899043399     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059746     Document Type: Article

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