Chemical Mapping of the Sea-Surface Microlayer: A System for Measurement of Spatial and Temporal Variations in Composition

Abstract

The viscoelastic behavior of the air-sea interface, a key parameter affecting air-sea exchange of mass, momentum and heat, is strongly dependent on naturally-occurring adsorbed surfactant materials (Frew, 1997; Frew et al., 2002a). The long-term goals of this work are to understand the relationship between the composition of surface-active organic matter in the marine microlayer and the viscoelasticity of the sea surface and to delineate the role of microlayer films in modulating roughness and near-surface turbulence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA628916

Entities

People

  • Nelson M. Frew

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Elastic Properties
  • Electrospray Ionization
  • Films
  • Ion Traps
  • Marine Chemistry
  • Mass Spectra
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Roughness
  • Surface Active Substances
  • Surface Tension
  • Viscoelasticity
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Oceanography.