Parameterization of Overwater Horizontal Wind Variability

Abstract

Data from four overwater diffusion experiments have been analyzed to parameterize the overwater horizontal wind variability. The parameterization involves three production mechanisms: shear, buoyancy, and a larger scale process loosely referred to as mesoscale. All three processes have been parameterized for averaging times from 1 min to 1 hour. The variability has also been parameterized in term of the surface layer stability, which we find to be an insufficient parameter. The results are applicable to the overwater coastal regime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA169331

Entities

People

  • Gordon E. Schacher

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Convection
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Heat Flux
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Research Facilities
  • Sea Breeze
  • Standards
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Turbulence
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.