• DocumentCode
    2119335
  • Title

    Ocean-atmosphere interaction and surface temperature modulation by gravity-capillary waves

  • Author

    Naugolnykh, K. ; Charnotskii, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    843
  • Lastpage
    844
  • Abstract
    There is a difference between the temperature at the ocean-air interface and that of the interior layers, the surface is generally cooler than the subsurface water. The major temperature variation concentrated in the thin skin layer of about 10-1 cm thickness. Development of subsurface vorticity induced by steep capillary waves increases the heat conductivity and correspondingly decreases the surface cooling
  • Keywords
    gravity waves; ocean temperature; ocean waves; thermal conductivity; turbulence; wind; gravity-capillary waves; heat conductivity; ocean-atmosphere interaction; subsurface vorticity; surface cooling; surface temperature modulation; temperature variation; thin skin layer; Cooling; Equations; Gravity; Ocean temperature; Sea surface; Skin; Space heating; Stress; Surface waves; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Anchorage, AK
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8742-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368536
  • Filename
    1368536