Title :
Wind stress measurements during the 1990 North Sea SAXON Experiment
Author :
Geernaert, G.L. ; Hansen, F.A.
Author_Institution :
Scripps Instn. of Oceanogr., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Meteorological data collected from the SAR X-band Ocean Nonlinearities (SAXON) Experiment indicated that the drag coefficient decreases with increasing wave age, and that the stress direction depends on air-sea heat flux. While the stress direction´s dependence on heat flux closely followed previous results, the scatter in the results was much larger
Keywords :
atmospheric boundary layer; meteorology; ocean waves; oceanographic regions; wind; AD 1990; North Sea; SAR; SAXON Experiment; X-band; air sea interaction; drag coefficient; heat flux; marine boundary layer; ocean atmosphere interaction; ocean wave; sea surface; stress direction; wave age; wind stress; Meteorology; Ocean temperature; Rough surfaces; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Stress measurement; Surface roughness; Surface waves; Thermal stresses; Wind forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '93. Engineering in Harmony with Ocean. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1385-2
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1993.326119
