Remote Sensing: Environmental Effects of Surface Films
Abstract
This report describes a portion of a program involving both experimental and theoretical studies of the influences of natural biogenic sea surface films on air-sea interfacial parameters. In addition, the role of physical processes in the marine environment on the film's state, lifetime, and transport is being investigated. Initial objectives included the determination of the effects of (1) currents on film formation and intensity, (2) surface films on waves, (3) surface films on wave/current interactions, and (4) surface films on near-surface turbulence. During the planning of the program these objectives were refined to emphasize the following specific subject areas: (1) Film transport and modulation by currents; Film involvement in wave-induced Langmuir instability; and (3) Film effects on sensible temperature including the determination of T as a function of the surface elastic modulus, and the time scales involved in the development of the temperature effects. (jhd)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 12, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA216190