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Estimating monthly-averaged air-sea transfers of heat and momentum using the bulk aerodynamic methodAir-sea transfers of sensible heat, latent heat, and momentum are computed from twenty-five years of middle-latitude and subtropical ocean weather ship data in the North Atlantic and North Pacific using the bulk aerodynamic method. The results show that monthly-averaged wind speeds, temperatures, and humidities can be used to estimate the monthly-averaged sensible and latent heat fluxes computed from the bulk aerodynamic equations to within a relative error of approximately 10%. The estimate of monthly-averaged wind stress under the assumption of neutral stability are shown to be within approximately 5% of the monthly-averaged non-neutral values.
Document ID
19800020489
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Esbensen, S. K. (Oregon State Univ. Corvallis, OR, United States)
Reynolds, R. W. (Oregon State Univ. Corvallis, OR, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1980
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-163045
Accession Number
80N28990
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-5308
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-77-26406
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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