Improving Surface Flux Parameterizations in the Navy's Coastal Ocean Atmosphere Prediction System

Abstract

The long-term goal is to understand the physical processes that critically regulate the coupling between the oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers and develop advanced parameterizations of this interaction for a new generation of coupled ocean-atmosphere models. The objective of this research is to improve the surface flux and boundary layer turbulence parameterization in COAMPS(trademark)1 for low- and high-wind events over the ocean in the context of air-sea interaction. Special emphasis will be placed on flux parameterizations in low-wind regimes in collaboration with the Coupled Boundary Layer/Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST) Defense Research Initiative community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA631044

Entities

People

  • Qing Wang
  • Shouping Wang

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Flow
  • High Resolution
  • Hurricanes
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Sea Breeze
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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