Airborne Measurements of Whitecap Kinematics and Dynamics in the High-Wind Regime: Source Functions for Marine Aerosols, Surface Currents and Turbulence

Abstract

The long-term goals of this research are to improve our knowledge and understanding of the role of breaking in air-sea interaction. We are concerned with the role of breaking in the fluxes of momentum, energy (mechanical and heat) and mass (gasses & aerosols) across the air-sea interface. These processes are important for the generation of ocean currents, air-sea heat and gas transfer , surface-wave evolution and dissipation, upper ocean mixing and transport, and hurricane dynamics (Melville, 1996).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA630299

Entities

People

  • Eric Terrill
  • Ken Melville

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Analysis
  • Dynamics
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Kinematics
  • Laser Altimeters
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Momentum
  • Oceans
  • Surface Waves
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Oceanography.