Physics-Based Parameterizations of Air-Sea Fluxes at High Winds

Abstract

The long term goal of this project is to provide a new set of parameterizations of air-sea fluxes, which can be used as boundary conditions for high-resolution numerical models of ocean, atmosphere, and coupled ocean/atmosphere systems. The new parameterizations will be constructed based on physical processes of the exchange of mass, momentum, heat, moisture, energy at the interface between the ocean and the atmosphere, and will be valid for the whole range of wind speeds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625395

Entities

People

  • Stephen E. Belcher
  • Tetsu Hara

Organizations

  • University of Rhode Island

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Drag
  • Energy
  • Flow Separation
  • High Resolution
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Moisture
  • Momentum
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceans
  • Statistics
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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