Atmospheric Marine Boundary Layer Mixing Rates in the California Coastal Region.

Abstract

The Naval Postgraduate School has conducted five research cruises in California coastal waters for which sufficient data was obtained to allow boundary layer mixing rates to be determined. These data have been processed to determine the mixing rates. The rates have been correlated with meterorlogical conditions and geographical location and average values for use in air pollution models have been determined. A simplified method for calculating the mixing rate from mean meteorological parameters is presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087264

Entities

People

  • Christopher W. Fairall
  • Gordon E. Schacher
  • Kenneth L. Davidson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Pollution
  • Air Temperature
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Heat Flux
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Turbulence
  • Water Vapor
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers