eddy correlation
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eddy correlation
[′ed·ē ′kä·rə‚lā·shən] (meteorology)
A method of studying the effects of sea surface on the air above it by measuring simultaneous fluctuations of the horizontal and vertical components of the airflow from the mean.
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