Turbulent Transfer in the Marine Planetary Boundary Layer

Abstract

Work under this contract focused on turbulent processes in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) and how they effect mixing between ocean and the free atmosphere. In particular, we investigated specific mechanisms of this turbulence within the MABL and how these mechanisms responded to varying boundary and internal forcing. By developing, from both observational and theoretical perspectives, a coherent picture of MABL turbulence in terms of the mechanics of turbulence, we gained new insight into the behavior of the MABL which will lead to improved predictability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 13, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280549

Entities

People

  • Howard P. Hanson
  • S. Khalsa
  • Siri Jodha

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate Change
  • Clouds
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Layers
  • Mechanics
  • Meteorology
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers