Effect of Waves and Wave Breaking on IR SST (321SR) and Modulation of Skin Temperature by Ocean Swell Waves (AASERT) and IR System for Airborne Measurements of Littoral Zone (DURIP).

摘要

LONG-TERM GOAL. This research is to develop infrared remote sensing techniques to quantify exchange processes at the air-sea interface utilizing similarity scaling for the fluxes of heat, gas, and momentum. The primary focus is to understand the spatial and temporal evolution of the ocean thermal boundary layer through infrared detection of the bulk-skin temperature difference. We also address the development of laboratory and in situ calibration techniques, which are essential to making measurements of useful accuracy. SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES. The objectives are to (1) establish accurate, in situ measurement techniques, (2) model the modulation of skin temperature by long waves, (3) utilize IR measurements to infer the energy dissipation rate due to large scale wave breaking, (4) investigate microscale wave breaking, and (5) determine the effect of wind-induced surface roughness on emissivity.