Coupling GLERL with RAMS to Study Surface Wind Wave Effects on Air-Sea Fluxes in Chesapeake Bay
Abstract
Surface wind waves play an important role in the air-sea transfer of momentum, mass and heat. Several field experiments reported that wave age, C/u. (Cp is the wave phase velocity at spectral peak), is an important parameter for determining air-sea drag coefficient, Cd, or surface roughness length, Zg (Donelan 1990; Geemaert et al. 1987; Smith et al. 1992; Lin 2000; Lin et al. 2002). Other theoretical or modeling studies (Janssen 1989,1991) also suggested that wave age is a controlling factor for determining Zg. Wave breaking generates air bubbles and significantly enhances gas transfer over water surface (Loewen 2002). Most recently, Deane and Stokes (2002) found that the size distribution of the entrained bubbles is critical to the way that air and sea interacts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 25, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA414195
Entities
People
- Jeff Mcqueens
- Lawrence Sanford
- Paul Hwang
- Steven Suttles
- Weiqi Lin
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory