Improving Formulation of Marine Stable Boundary Layers Using CBLAST Weak Wind Data

Abstract

The long-term goals are to better understand air-sea exchange of momentum, heat and moisture and its impact on the marine boundary layer and to better understand the influence of SST variations on the area-averaged (grid-averaged) flux-gradient relationship. Substantial modification of the formulation of the surface moisture flux for all conditions and the boundary layer for very stable conditions are also long term goals. The objectives are to quantify the influences of surface heterogeneity and strong stability on the transfer coefficients for the bulk formula and to formulate the difference between the transfer coefficients for momentum, heat and moisture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612098

Entities

People

  • Larry J. Mahrt

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Entrainment
  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Coefficients
  • Data Analysis
  • Efficiency
  • Heat Flux
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Moisture
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Roughness
  • Transport Ships
  • Universities

Readers

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