X-Band Measurements of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL)
Abstract
ABSTRACT Numerical models of the air-sea interface are now evolving to providing a phase-resolved depiction of physical processes which vary in space and time. These include wave propagation, nonlinear wave interactions, wave breaking and dissipation, energy transfer across the air-sea interface, Langmuir cells, spray generation, atmospheric turbulence, and fluxes of momentum, heat, and water vapor. Similarly, sensing technologies are emerging to allow for phasedresolved measurements of the waves and atmospheric winds. The potential to generate deterministic descriptions of the ocean’s surface and wave-affected marine boundary layer, using both modern observational techniques and computationally intensive wave models, provides opportunities to evaluate radio frequency (RF) propagation at time and space scales not yet realized. With an accurate, phase-resolved depiction of the propagation environment, it should be possible to shift our understanding of RF propagation from a statistical to a deterministic description.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512100
Entities
People
- Eric Terrill
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego