Revised Estimates of Ocean Surface Drag in Strong Winds

1 code implementation • 24 Feb 2020 • Milan Curcic, Brian K. Haus

The drag coefficient saturates at $2. 6 \times 10^{-3}$ and $U_{10} \approx 25\ m\ s^{-1}$, in agreement with previous laboratory results.

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Fluid Dynamics