Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction of the MJO from Unmanned Airborne Vehicles

Abstract

We are part of a multi-institutional research team funded by the ONR-sponsored the Coupled Air- Wave-Sea Processes in the Subtropics Departmental Research Initiative. The primary research goals of the program include: (i) Surface flux observations in regions of known coupled modes, (ii) Colocated observations of atmospheric and oceanic vertical structure and evolution, and (iii) Ocean mixed layer and marine atmospheric boundary layer dynamics, and interactions between these and the surface wave field, the free atmosphere, and the interior ocean. Our goals are to contribute innovative measurements, analyses and models of the sea surface temperature at length scales as small as a 1 meter up to 100's of kilometers. This characterization includes the skin SST, waves, wave breaking, and upper ocean processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553770

Entities

People

  • Arnold L. Gordon
  • Christopher J Zappa

Organizations

  • Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Focal Plane Arrays
  • Focal Planes
  • Heat Flux
  • High Resolution
  • Indian Ocean
  • Latent Heat
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Energy
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy