ARUBA EXPEDITION 1965 - OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS.

Abstract

An expedition to Aruba was organized during February-March of 1965 in order to study air-sea interaction processes around a flat island across the direction of the trade winds. The report contains an outline of the work carried out at Aruba, as well as a comparative study of stress, wind and wave developments at different distances from a lee shore, and an analysis of aircraft observations in and below the trade wind inversion. The report also provides a record of about thirty double theodolite balloon ascents and extensive tables of wind velocities at two levels, surface roughness, friction velocity and drag coefficients at different distances from the shore; profiles of temperature, mixing ratio and equivalent potential temperature across the island and the surrounding waters are also shown. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645919

Entities

People

  • E. B. Kraus
  • Jason Ching
  • Russell Ellsberry

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Coefficients
  • Drag
  • Friction
  • Inversion
  • Military Aircraft
  • Observation
  • Physical Properties
  • Roughness
  • Surface Roughness
  • Theodolites
  • Vehicles
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Geodesy