Specification for Evaporation Duct Height Calculations

Abstract

The propagation of microwaves at altitudes close to the surface of the sea depends upon the refractive structure in the first few tens of meters. This height interval is called the atmospheric surface layer and is usually dominated by mechanical and buoyant turbulence. The average profile of wind temperature, humidity, or any scalar is determined by the turbulent motions. Roll presents an overview of the wind, temperature, and moisture fields in the first few meters above the sea surface. Meteorological measurements to directly determine these profiles in the surface layer over the ocean are quite difficult, semiempirical relationships between the profiles and the fluxes of momentum, heat, and moisture have been developed. Meteorology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA213841

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Paulus

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Temperature
  • Algorithms
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Evaporation
  • Humidity
  • Measurement
  • Radio Waves
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Security
  • Surface Temperature
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Vapors
  • Wave Propagation
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers