Japan/East Sea Air-Sea Interaction and Meteorology: Boundary-Layer Structure and Model Validation

Abstract

The long-terms goals of the research are to understand and parameterize the physics of air-sea interaction and the marine boundary layer over a wide spectrum of weather and ocean conditions. The main objectives are to study the air-sea interaction under the extreme conditions of cold-air outbreaks over the JES during winter. The focus is on (i) the determination of boundary-layer structure (ii) the measurement of momentum, heat and water vapor (latent heat) air-sea fluxes and their spatial variability and (iii) parameterization of these fluxes. Meteorological and turbulence data obtained aboard the Navy CIRPAS Twin Otter research aircraft over the Japan/East Sea (JES) during the winter 2000 will be used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2000
Accession Number
ADA610245

Entities

People

  • Carl A. Friehe

Organizations

  • University of California, Irvine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Engineering
  • Heat Energy
  • Instrumentation
  • Latent Heat
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Meteorology
  • Research Aircraft
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Static Pressure
  • Surface Temperature
  • Turbulence
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.