Surface Fluxes and Wind-Wave Interactions in Weak Wind Conditions

Abstract

We will isolate a number of influences on air-sea transfer of momentum, heat, and moisture for weak wind conditions. We will focus on the important impact of swell amplitude and propagation direction and the explicit influence of large atmospheric eddies on the stability functions for the transfer coefficients for surface fluxes. Improved understanding of the various influences on sea surface fluxes for weak wind speeds will be used to construct a new bulk aerodynamic formula.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA623735

Entities

People

  • Jielun Sun

Organizations

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Aircrafts
  • Amplitude
  • Coefficients
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Flight
  • Laser Altimeters
  • Measurement
  • Moisture
  • Momentum
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Quality Control
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.