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  <dc:title>Air-sea turbulent fluxes from a wave-following paltform during six experiments at sea</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Bourras, D.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Cambra, R.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Mari&#xE9;, L.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Bouin, M.N.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Baggio, L.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Branger, H.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Beghoura, G.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Reverdin, G.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>/Dewitte, Boris</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>/Paulmier, Aur&#xE9;lien</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>/Maes, Christophe</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Ardhuin, F.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Pairaud, I.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Frauni&#xE9;, P.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Luneau, C.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Hauser, D.</dc:creator>
  <dc:description>Turbulent fluxes at the air-sea interface are estimated with data collected in 2011 to 2017 with a low-profile platform during six experiments in four regions. The observations were carried out with moderate winds (2-10 m/s) and averaged wave heights of 1.5 m. Most of the time, there was a swell, with an averaged wave age (the ratio between wave phase speed and wind speed) being equal to 2.8 &#xB1; 1.6. Three flux calculation methods are used, namely, the eddy covariance (EC), the inertial dissipation (ID), and the bulk methods. For the EC method, a spectral technique is proposed to correct wind data from platform motion. A mean bias affecting the friction velocity (u*) is then evaluated. The comparison between EC u* and ID u* estimates suggests that a constant imbalance term (&#x3D5;imb) equal to 0.4 is required in the ID method, possibly due to wave influence on our data. Overall, the confidence in the calculated u* estimates is found to be on the order of 10%. The values of the drag coefficient (CD) are in good agreement with the parameterizations of Smith (1988, https://doi.org/10.1029/JC093iC12p15467) in medium-range winds and of Edson et al. (2013, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0173.1) in light winds. According to our data, the inverse wave age varies linearly with wind speed, as in Edson et al. (2013, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0173.1), but our estimates of the Charnock coefficient do not increase with wind speed, which is possibly related to sampling swell-dominated seas. We find that the Stanton number is independent from wind speed.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>2019</dc:date>
  <dc:type>text</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier>https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076311</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>fdi:010076311</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>Bourras D., Cambra R., Mari&#xE9; L., Bouin M.N., Baggio L., Branger H., Beghoura G., Reverdin G., Dewitte Boris, Paulmier Aur&#xE9;lien, Maes Christophe, Ardhuin F., Pairaud I., Frauni&#xE9; P., Luneau C., Hauser D.. Air-sea turbulent fluxes from a wave-following paltform during six experiments at sea. 2019, 124 (6),  4290-4321</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
  <dc:coverage>ATLANTIQUE</dc:coverage>
</oai_dc:dc>
