In situ measurements of momentum fluxes in typhoons

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-118

  Potter, Henry ^a,b   Graber, Hans C ^a   Williams, Neil J ^a   Collins, Clarence O ^a,b   Ramos, Rafael J ^a,c   Drennan, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WoodsHoleGroup Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Hurricanes typhoons; Marine boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MOMENTUM; WIND;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHES; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; TURBULENT MOMENTUM FLUXES;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HURRICANE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; TYPHOON; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84920611721     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0025.1     Document Type: Article

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