Spatial Variations of the Wave, Stress and Wind Fields in the Shoaling Zone
Abstract
The long-term goals are to improve parameterization of surface fluxes in the coastal zone in the presence of wave growth, shoaling, and internal boundary layer development. These goals include improving the present form of similarity theory used by numerical models to predict surface fluxes and stress over water surfaces, especially over the coastal zone, and to document development of internal boundary layers in the coastal zone which are currently not modeled correctly, particularly in cases of flow of warm air over colder water.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA534818
Entities
People
- Jielun Sun
Organizations
- National Center for Atmospheric Research