Generalized Drag Law Based on RASEX and FLIP Data

Abstract

LONG TERM GOALS. Derive a new drag law and roughness length relationship for the coastal zone. OBJECTIVES. The primary objective is to isolate the influences of wave age and/or 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 which can lead to large deviations from existing similarity theory. The second main objective to replace the wave age with more specific wave properties. The final objective is to provide the data sets to other groups including LES modeling groups.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA634921

Entities

People

  • L. Mahrt

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Data Sets
  • Electronic Mail
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Information Operations
  • Layers
  • Momentum
  • North Carolina
  • Regions
  • Roughness
  • Surface Roughness
  • Universities

Readers

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