Abstract: An improved shearing stress meter (drag plate) of 6 ft (183 cm) diameter has been constructed for micro-meteorological work. This size should enable representative sampling of rough surfaces and is intended particularly ...

Abstract: A method for removing ship motion from wind measurements using a simple and inexpensive strap-down system of accelerometers is described and analyzed. In slight seas, error analysis indicates that mean root-mean-square ...

Abstract: The results of a heat flux comparison experiment carried out at Hay, New South Wales, Australia, during May 1966 using a sonic anemometer thermometer (SAT), Fluxatron and Evapotron are reported. The instruments agree with ...

Abstract: In 1996, version 2.5 of the Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) bulk algorithm was published, and it has become one of the most frequently used algorithms in the air?sea interaction community. This paper ...

Abstract: The calibration and accuracy of the Eppley precision infrared radiometer (PIR) is examined both theoretically and experimentally. A rederivation of the fundamental energy balance of the PIR indicates that the calibration ...

Abstract: Wind and temperature profiles for a wide range of stability conditions have been analyzed in the context of Monin-Obukhov similarity theory. Direct measurements of heat and momentum fluxes enabled determination of the ...

Abstract: An accurate platinum RTD-based (resistive temperature device) system has been developed to measure the vertical temperature profile in the region of the atmosphere-ocean interface. TASITA, the towed air?sea interaction ...

Abstract: Satellite sea surface skin temperature (SSST) maps are readily available from precisely calibrated radiometer systems such as the ERS along-track scanning radiometer and, in the near future, from the moderate-resolution ...

Abstract: The methods and initial results of an extensive pilot study, the Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment (JASMINE) held in the Indian Ocean during the summer of 1999, are described. The experimental design was based ...

Abstract: High-resolution surface fluxes over the global ocean are needed to evaluate coupled atmosphere?ocean models and weather forecasting models, provide surface forcing for ocean models, understand the regional and temporal ...