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The vertical turbulent fluxes have been determined during the Atlantic Trade Wind Experiment (ATEX) both by direct and profile methods. The drag coefficient obtained from direct measurements was c D = 1.39 × 10−3. A distortion of the wind profile due to wave action could be demonstrated, this produced an increased drag coefficient estimated by the profile method. The dissipation technique using the downwind spectrum gave a lower drag coefficient of 1.26 × 10−3, probably due to non-isotropic conditions (the ratio of vertical to downwind spectrum at high frequencies scattered considerably with an average of 1 instead of 4/3).
From direct measurements, the sensible heat flux showed a poor correlation with the bulk parameter product Uδθ, contrary to the heat flux obtained from profiles. It is shown that this is due to the higher frequency part of the cospectrum, say above 0.25 Hz, which contributes more than 50 % of the total flux. Determination of the heat flux from temperature fluctuations by the dissipation method would be in agreement with the direct determination only if the corresponding Kolmogoroff constant were 2.1 instead of 0.8.
For the vertical flux of water vapor obtained from profiles, the bulk transfer coefficient was 1.28 × 10−3.
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Schwerpunktprogramm Meeresforschung and later the Sonderforschungsbereich Meeresforschung Hamburg.
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Dunckel, M., Hasse, L., Krügermeyer, L. et al. Turbulent fluxes of momentum, heat and water vapor in the atmospheric surface layer at sea during ATEX. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 6, 81–106 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232478
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