Observations of the temperature structure function parameter, CT2, over the ocean
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Authors
Davidson, K.L.
Houlihan, T.M.
Fairall, C.W.
Schacher, G.E. (Gordon Everett)
Subjects
Temperature structure
Boundary layer
Turbulence
Boundary layer
Turbulence
Advisors
Date of Issue
1978-09
Date
1978-09
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Observational results from shipboard measurements of temperature fluctuations, and mean wind, temperature, and humidity, are compared with existing expressions for the surface flux and height dependence of (C sub T) squared. Surface flux estimates are obtained from bulk aerodynamic formulae. Temperature fluctuation data are selected to minimize a salt-contamination effect which causes increases in temperature variance. Predictions for (C sub T) squared based on surface flux scaling agree within 20%, except for near neutral and large unstable conditions where the disagreement can be attributed to measurement problems
Type
Technical Report
Description
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Department
Organization
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-63Ds78005
Sponsors
supported in part by the
Naval Ocean Systems Center (EOMET)
Funding
N00019-78-WR-81002
N66001-78-WR-00156
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Citation
Distribution Statement
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.