The Effect of Waves and Wave Breaking on IR SST (321sr) and Modulation of Skin Temperature by Ocean Swell Waves (AASERT)

Abstract

This research is to develop infrared remote sensing techniques to quantify exchange processes at the airsea interface utilizing similarity scaling for the fluxes of heat, gas, and momentum. The primary focus is to understand the spatial and temporal evolution of the ocean thermal boundary layer through infrared detection of the bulk-skin temperature difference. We also address the development of laboratory and in situ calibration techniques, which are essential to making measurements of useful accuracy. The objectives for FY98 were (1) to develop infrared imaging techniques to investigate microscale wave breaking and (2) utilize those techniques to quantify the role of microscale wave breaking in surface roughness modulation at scales relevant to infrared and microwave measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA572101

Entities

People

  • Andrew T. Jessup

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Detection
  • Heat Flux
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Infrared Detection
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Microbalances
  • Microwaves
  • Modulation
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Remote Sensing
  • Students
  • Surface Roughness
  • Thermal Boundary Layer

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Spectroscopy.