Shipboard Observations of Mean and Turbulent Atmospheric Surface Layer Quantities. SCCCAMP (South Central Coast Cooperative Monitoring Program) Data Report, Part 1.

Abstract

3 Weeks of aerometric observations from a shipboard platform are described and analyzed to obtain surface layer quantities relevant to the dispersion of pollutants from offshore oil operations. Momentum, heat, and moisture flux were estimated with two different methods: the dissipation technique and bulk parameterizations. Diffusion scale turbulence was measured with bivane anemometers and estimates of ship motion contributions to these measurements were performed. Keywords: Turbulence diffusion; Measurements; and Santa Barbara Channel. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168132

Entities

People

  • C. A. Vaucher
  • C. Fellbaum
  • Charles E. Skupniewicz
  • S. Borrmann
  • W. J. Shaw

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Anemometers
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dew Point
  • Diffusion
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Observation
  • Offshore
  • Regions
  • Ship Motion
  • Turbulence
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.