Surface Flux Formulations in the Coastal Zone

Abstract

The long-term goal is to derive a new drag law and roughness length relationship for the coastal zone. Our primary objective is to isolate the influences of wave age and fetch on the drag coefficient and surface roughness length. This includes examination of the influence of internal boundary layer development on heat and momentum fluxes in the coastal zone, that can lead to large deviations from existing similarity theory. The second main objective is to augment the wave age with more specific wave properties. The final objective is to provide the data sets to other modeling groups.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630154

Entities

People

  • Larry J. Mahrt

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Transition
  • Case Studies
  • Data Sets
  • Energy
  • Layers
  • Offshore
  • Regions
  • Research Aircraft
  • Roughness
  • Surface Roughness
  • Travel Time
  • Turbulence
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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