SCOR Working Group 101

Influence of Sea State on the Atmospheric Drag Coefficient

Chair(s)
Ian Jones (Australia) and Yoshiaki Toba (Japan)
Other Full Members
Henry Charnock (UK), M.A. Donelan (USA), N.W. Huang (USA), S.E. Larsen (Denmark), and Yu A. Volkov (Russia)
Associate Members
E.F. Bradley (Australia), G.T. Csanady (USA), Carl A. Friehe (USA), L. Geernaert (USA), K. Hasselman (Germany), Kristina Katsaros (USA), E. Plate (Germany), and P.K. Taylor (UK)
Terms of Reference

  1. To hold a workshop on the relationship between momentum flux to the sea and the sea state.

  2. To encourage the execution of critical experiments.

  3. To prepare a report to SCOR on the most likely expression relating momentum flux to sea state.

Approved
1993
Financial Sponsors
SCOR, NSF
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