Studies of the Ocean Surface and the Coupling between the Sea and the Atmosphere.

Abstract

Studies of the electric field above fog and the construction of a unique electric field mill are described. Work on the formation of fog includes the studies of the surface roughness, von Karman's constant, stratus formation in the convecting marine boundary layer and studies of how convection is initiated and continues in the marine boundary layer when the water is initially colder than the air. These results show why fog is more prevalent over colder water and why fog frequently forms in ocean areas adjacent to deserts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA146546

Entities

People

  • J. W. Telford

Organizations

  • University of Nevada, Reno

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate Change
  • Cloud Physics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Convection
  • Critical Temperature
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transitions
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design