Spatial Variation of Wind Stress and Wave Field in the Shoaling Zone

Abstract

Existing atmospheric models for predicting surface stress and turbulence in the shoaling zone fail because of their inability to properly account for wave age, shoaling, and boundary layer development. Accurate model simulation of surface stress and turbulence above the air-sea interface is important for a number of applications including understanding wave growth and decay.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA627971

Entities

People

  • Gennaro H. Crescenti
  • Timothy L. Crawford

Organizations

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Detectors
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Waves
  • Remote Sensing
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Stresses
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Turbulence
  • Wind
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers