SEA SURFACE STRESS MODEL WITH CONSIDERATION OF WIND WAVE AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY EFFECT

摘要：

Wind waves play an important role in the stage of energy transfer from atmosphere to ocean. Most atmospheric energy is converted to waves in the first step of energy transfer processes. Developing wind wave increases its amplitude (steepness) to be whitecap breaker which makes another energy transfer from wave to current. This process may be fundamental in the energy transfer from atmosphere to ocean. The other important mechanism of energy transfer between ocean and atmosphere is convective mixing caused by thermal instability of atmosphere. Cold wind on the hot ocean is affected by thermal convection resulting in increase of turbulent energy in the air. This study proposes a sea surface shear stress model in which both wave effects and atmospheric instability are taken into consideration.

作者: Takao Yamashita

作者单位: Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University,1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, JAPAN

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第四届亚太地区海岸会议(the Fourth International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts)

会议地点: 南京

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2007-09-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）