Improving the Bulk Formula for Sea-Surface Fluxes

Abstract

Derive a more flexible form of the bulk formula for sea-surface fluxes that does not require compliance with Monin-Obukhov similarity theory nor definition of the surface roughness length.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA532955

Entities

People

  • Larry J. Mahrt

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Coefficients
  • Data Sets
  • Heat Flux
  • Information Operations
  • Physical Properties
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Richardson Number
  • Roughness
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Roughness
  • Surface Temperature
  • Universities
  • Wind

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  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Systems Analysis and Design