Observations of the Mean Wind Profile Over the Open Ocean

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mean wind speed profile over the open ocean. Analysis of wind profile data showed that averaging periods must be considered when the profile form is discussed since 95 percent of the 10 minute averaged profiles were found to be logarithmic while less than 50 percent of the 10 second averaged profiles were logarithmic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734670

Entities

People

  • William Dale Groscup

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Acquisition
  • Energy Production
  • Instrumentation
  • Layers
  • Massachusetts
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Observation
  • Security
  • Stresses
  • Surface Waves
  • Turbulence
  • United States
  • Waves

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  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Oceanography.