Analysis of Near-Surface Oceanic Measurements Obtained During the Low-Wind Component of the Coupled Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST) Experiment
Abstract
LONG-TERM GOALS. To quantify and understand the processes that control the vertical transport of momentum and heat beneath the ocean surface. To evaluate and improve subgridscale parameterizations of the vertical transport processes. To incorporate the improved parameterizations into routinely applied numerical simulations of oceanographic processes. OBJECTIVES. To close momentum and heat budgets spanning the air-sea interface using direct-covariance measurements of the turbulent fluxes on both sides of the interface. To quantify the characteristics of Langmuir circulations and understand their relationship to wind and wave forcing. To quantify and understand the relative importance of shear-generated turbulence, buoyancy, Langmuir circulations, and wave breaking in accomplishing vertical transport of momentum and heat beneath the air-sea interface. To quantify the dominant balances in the turbulent kinetic energy and temperature variance equations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA629979
Entities
People
- Albert J. Plueddemann
- John H. Trowbridge