FORMATION OF NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS NEAR A WATER SURFACE.

Abstract

Based on estimates of the components of the thermal balance of the sea surface, an expression is derived relating the magnitude of the negative temperature gradients in the water near the surface (Tp -TH) with the drop in temperature of the water-air surface. The profile of the thermal conductivity coefficient lambda in the upper 2-cm layer of water is given. The results of computing lambda with various wind speeds are given. Using measured data on (Tp -TH), ocean surface evaporation is computed from the known heat exchange in the surface layer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 1970
Accession Number
AD0703992

Entities

People

  • S. P. Malevskii-malevich

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Conductivity
  • Critical Temperature
  • Energy
  • Evaporation
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Heat Energy
  • Isotherms
  • Physical Properties
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers