Investigating Wave Processes Important to Air-Sea Fluxes Using Infrared Techniques

Abstract

The long-term goal is to understand the wave-related mechanisms that regulate and produce variability in air-sea fluxes under low to moderately-high wind conditions. The first objective is to use infrared techniques to determine both the wave-related surface processes and their respective rates of air-sea exchange. The second objective is to combine these data with turbulence and air-sea flux measurements by myself and other investigators to determine the extent to which variability in air-sea fluxes is related to wave phenomena.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612094

Entities

People

  • Christopher J Zappa

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Databases
  • Frequency
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Observatories
  • Production
  • Research Facilities
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Wave Phenomena
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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