Surface Fluxes under Weak Wind Conditions

Abstract

We have examined each of a number of physical mechanisms thought to be important for weak wind conditions by collecting aircraft and tower data in both open-ocean and fetch- limited conditions. This investigation relied on eddy-correlation data from both aircraft and towers. Our contention is that existing analyses for weak wind situations are often strongly influenced by observational errors and analyses problems, which have been given special emphasis in this study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 2005
Accession Number
ADA438299

Entities

People

  • Larry J. Mahrt

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Climate Change
  • Frequency
  • Gulf Stream
  • Heat Flux
  • Layers
  • Marine Meteorology
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Roughness
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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