Observations of the Temperature Structure Function Parameter, CT2, Over the Ocean.

Abstract

Observational results from shipboard measurements of temperature fluctuations, and mean wind, temperature, and humidity, are compared with existing expressions for the surface flux and height dependence of (C sub T) squared. Surface flux estimates are obtained from bulk aerodynamic formulae. Temperature fluctuation data are selected to minimize a salt-contamination effect which causes increases in temperature variance. Predictions for (C sub T) squared based on surface flux scaling agree within 20%, except for near neutral and large unstable conditions where the disagreement can be attributed to measurement problems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061283

Entities

People

  • Christopher W. Fairall
  • Gordon E. Schacher
  • Kenneth L. Davidson
  • T. M. Houlihan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Boundary Layer
  • Control Systems
  • Convection
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Heat Energy
  • Humidity
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Turbulence
  • Water Vapor
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.