Continued Investigation of Small-Scale Air-Sea Coupled Dynamics using CBLAST Data

Abstract

This study uses direct numerical simulation, large-eddy simulation, and large-wave simulation for both air and ocean turbulent flows with surface waves to investigate the dynamics of coupled air-sea boundary layers at relatively small spatial scales. With extensive simulation in collaboration with measurement, we identify and assess the key transport processes within the atmosphere-ocean wave boundary layer (WBL). This project obtains a physical foundation for the parameterization of the momentum, mass and heat transfer within the atmosphere-ocean WBL.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473066

Entities

People

  • Dick K P Yue

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Dynamics
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Ocean Waves
  • Surface Waves
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers