Predicting the Turbulent Air-Sea Surface Fluxes, Including Spray Effects, from Weak to Strong Winds

Abstract

The goal is to investigate, through theory and by analyzing existing data, sea surface physics and air-sea exchange in winds that range from weak to hurricane-strength. Ultimately, we want to develop unified parameterizations for the fluxes of momentum, sensible and latent heat, and enthalpy across the air-sea interface. These flux parameterizations will provide improved model coupling between the ocean and the atmosphere and, in essence, set the lower flux boundary conditions on atmospheric models and the upper flux boundary conditions on ocean models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557182

Entities

People

  • Edgar L. Andreas
  • L. Mahrt

Organizations

  • Northwest Research Associates

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Angular Momentum
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cyclones
  • Data Analysis
  • Flow
  • Flow Separation
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Tropical Cyclones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.