INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHORT-PERIOD ADVECTIVE CHANGE OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE.

Abstract

An investigation of the advection of sea surface temperature during a 24-hour period is made. Wind-induced currents are shown to be the phenomenon primarily responsible for this short-period advection. The effects of other wind-induced heat exchange processes which reinforce the advective change are estimated. A graphical comparison of isotherm displacements and mean wind field show the apparent response of the sea surface to the changing wind field. A forecasting model for sea surface temperature change based on the varying wind is developed. This model permits the magnitude of the advective component of sea surface temperature change to be compared to the total local change. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618885

Entities

People

  • W. Patrick Law

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advection
  • Climate Change
  • Delphi Method
  • Displacement
  • Isotherms
  • Physical Properties
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.