Mechanistic Investigation of Small-Scale Air-Sea Coupled Dynamics Using LES

Abstract

The main goal is to understand the detailed mechanisms of air-sea coupling at small spatial scales by performing LES of both air and ocean turbulent flows with coupled free-surface boundary conditions. The primary focus and an ultimate object is to obtain the physical foundation for the characterization and parameterization of the momentum, mass and heat transfer within the atmosphere-ocean wave boundary layer (WBL).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA626833

Entities

People

  • Dick K P Yue

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Entrainment
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Couplings
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Waves
  • Physics
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)