Parameterization of Air-Sea Fluxes for High Wind Conditions
Abstract
Our objective is to investigate various physical processes that lead either to improvements in the representation of the standard model or to violations of the standard model and to develop new models that more thoroughly describe turbulent processes in the marine surface layer. For example, (1) is violated by sea spray, oceanic near-surface mixing processes, and interactions of the wind/stress vectors with the 2-d ocean surface wave spectrum; (2) is violated by near the surface by interactions with waves and is violated far from the surface by intermittent processes associated with larger scale boundary layer dynamics and coherent structures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA534945
Entities
People
- Christopher W. Fairall
- J. E. Hare
- R. J. Hill
Organizations
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration