Measurements of the Turbulent Fluxes of Momentum, Moisture and Sensible Heat Over the Ocean,

Abstract This paper describes results of measurements of the fluxes of momentum, moisture and sensible heat by both the eddy correlation and “dissipation” techniques. The data were collected on the R/V Flip during BOMEX (Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment) and during a pre-BOMEX trial cruise near San Diego in February 1969. The results are mainly based on data collected by personnel from Oregon State University and the University of British Columbia. We are grateful to the University of Washington personnel who have made their data and results available to us to check some of our results and allowed us to use their temperature fluctuation data from the San Diego cruise when our equipment failed to provide such data. The methods of determining the fluxes are discussed. The instrumentation and methods of data analysis are described. The effects of Flip's interference on the flow are described and the method of removing the interference from the results is given. The spectra of the three co...