Research Article

Characteristics of Air-Sea Fluxes Based on In Situ Observations from a Platform in the Bohai Gulf during Early Mid-August 2011

Table 3

Wave-coherent momentum flux and heat fluxes.

CategoryGrouped by wave shapeGrouped by wave level
Wind waveSwell waveLevel-2
(0.1–0.4 m)
Level-3
(0.5–1.2 m)

Average momentum flux (W/m2)0.20.10.10.2
Friction velocity (m/s)0.40.30.30.4
Average sensible heat flux (W/m2)19.729.028.213.9
Average latent heat flux (W/m2)26.337.130.642.2