Air-Sea Interaction in Regions of Varying Surface Conditions

Abstract

The Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment (FASINEX) was a field experiment that was primarily performed in the Fall of 1985 and Spring of 1986 in the vicinity of the subtropical oceanic front south of Bermuda. The chief goal of this project was to develop an understanding of the behavior of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL) in the vicinity of the FASINEX SST front. There were two major components to this work: (1) To study turbulent fluxes and other turbulent statistics in the vicinity of the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) front as measured by FASINEX aircraft. Special statistical methods were devised and used to show how these quantities change near the SST front; and (2) To study the structure of the MABL in by analysis of results from a two dimensional numerical model. MABL structure was examined as a function of the direction of the synoptic scale geostrophic wind relative to the front. We also looked at the secondary circulations induced in the MABL by the SST front.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253182

Entities

People

  • Steven A. Stage

Organizations

  • Florida State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Case Studies
  • Computational Science
  • Convection
  • Covariance
  • Layers
  • Meteorology
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Statistics
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Oceanography.