The Impact of Sea Spray on Air-Sea Fluxes in Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Models

Abstract

The goal is to investigate, theoretically and through analyzing existing data, the role that sea spray plays in transferring heat, moisture, and momentum across the air-sea interface, especially in high winds. Ultimately, I hope to develop simple parameterizations for these air-sea fluxes for use in large-scale models, especially those simulating tropical and extra-tropical storms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625427

Entities

People

  • Edgar L. Andreas

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Cyclones
  • Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Latent Heat
  • Models
  • Moisture
  • Momentum
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Scale Models
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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