Impacts of Ocean Currents and Waves on the Wind Stress Drag Coefficient: Relevance to HYCOM

Abstract

Surface ocean currents and waves influence the wind stress drag coefficient as shown in the literature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA572699

Entities

People

  • Birol Kara
  • E. Joseph Metzger
  • Mark Bourassa

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Coefficients
  • Consortiums
  • Grids
  • High Latitudes
  • Information Operations
  • Latitude
  • Military Research
  • Ocean Currents
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceans
  • Physical Properties
  • Stresses
  • Waves
  • Wind Stress

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers