Diagnostic Study of the Planetary Boundary Layer over the Oceans

Abstract

A statistical survey of the wind veering in the lowest two kilometers is made for the oceans of the Northern Hemisphere. The data sample consists of over 100,000 pibal and rawin soundings. This includes observations made from ships in the 0-70 degrees latitude belt and observations at atolls and small islands in the 5-35 degrees latitude belt. The wind veering is stratified by latitude, season, wind direction and wind speed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0741717

Entities

People

  • William M. Gray

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Convection
  • Energy
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Latitude
  • Layers
  • Lepidoptera
  • Meteorology
  • Temperate Regions
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Turbulence
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Shear

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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