An Investigation of Optically Revelant Turbulence Parameters in the Marine Boundary Layer

Abstract

Empirically derived expressions describing the temperature index structure parameter, C sub T squared in terms of the stability parameter z/L or the Richardson number, Ri, over land were used to analyze data of mean humidity, temperature and wind speed and temperature fluctuations obtained by shipboard measurements over open ocean conditions. In general, there was little correlation between the spectral analyzed C sub T squared values and z/L or Ri. It is recommended that a different approach be used to obtain C sub T squared estimates and that z/L or Ri be modified to account for the anomalous temperature behavior found over a marine environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA025421

Entities

People

  • Michele M. Hughes

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Humidity
  • Instrumentation
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Meteorology
  • Numbers
  • Optical Properties
  • Refractive Index
  • Richardson Number
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.