Turbulent Fluxes Through the Sea Surface, Wave Dynamics, and Prediction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Fluxes Through the Air-Sea Interface

   1. Introductory Remarks to the Session on Sea-Surface Fluxes

      • Erik Mollo-Christensen

      Pages 1-4

   2. On the Structure of Convective Elements in the Air Near the Surface

      • J. A. Businger, S. J. S. Khalsa

      Pages 5-19

   3. Marine Turbulent Boundary Layer Fluxes of Water Vapor, Sensible Heat and Momentum During Gate

      • B. R. Bean, R. F. Reinking

      Pages 21-33

   4. Eddy Fluxes of Momentum and Heat Measured Over the Atlantic Ocean in Gale Force Winds

      • S. D. Smith

      Pages 35-50

   5. Estimation of the Fluxes Over the Ocean by the Covariance and Dissipation Methods

      • P. G. Mestayer, F. H. Champagne, C. A. Friehe, J. C. La Rue, C. H. Gibson

      Pages 51-65

   6. Estimates of the Surface Fluxes Over the Ocean

      • Carl A. Friehe, Carl H. Gibson

      Pages 67-79

   7. Experimental Study of Momentum Transfer, Heat and Water Vapor Fluxes Under Different Stability Conditions

      • F. Resch, J. P. Selva

      Pages 81-98

   8. Fluxes Through the Boundary Layers at an Air-Water Interface: Laboratory Studies

      • R. L. Street, C. S. Wang, D. A. McIntosh, A. W. Miller Jr.

      Pages 99-120

   9. On an Isotopic Method to Investigate Mass Transfer at an Air-Water Interface: The Dependence of Bulk Evaporation Coefficients on Water Surface Conditions

      • Liliane Merlivat

      Pages 121-135

   10. Gas and Particulate Transport

       1. Eddy Correlation Measurement of Sea-Air CO2 Flux

          • E. P. Jones, S. D. Smith

          Pages 137-149

       2. Gas Exchange and Evaporation Studies in a Circular Wind Tunnel, Continuous Radon-222 Measurements at Sea, and Tritium/Helium-3 Measurements in a Lake

          • K. O. Münnich, W. B. Clarke, K. H. Fischer, D. Flothmann, B. Kromer, W. Roether et al.

          Pages 151-166

       3. Experimental Study of Wind Effects on Reaeration

          • G. E. Mattingly

          Pages 167-183

       4. Mechanics of Multiphase Fluxes Over the Ocean

          • S. C. Ling, Alice Saad, T. W. Kao

          Pages 185-197

3. Non-Linear Dynamics of Surface Waves

   1. On the Dynamics of Steep Gravity Waves in Deep Water

      • M. S. Longuet-Higgins

      Pages 199-220

   2. Deep Water Waves

      1. The Dispersion Relation for Wind Waves in Decay Area

         • H. Mitsuyasu, Yi-Yo Kuo, A. Masuda

         Pages 221-233

      2. Modulation of Centimetric Waves by Long Gravity Waves: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Results

         • Omar H. Shemdin

         Pages 235-255

      3. Measurement of the Pressure and Velocity Field Below Surface Waves

         • L. Cavaleri, J. A. Ewing, N. D. Smith

         Pages 257-272

      4. Whitecaps and Momentum Transfer

         • M. A. Donelan

         Pages 273-287

      5. Laboratory Experiments on the Interaction Between Surface Waves and Free Convection in Water

         • K. B. Katsaros, W. J. Shaw, K. Drummond

         Pages 289-305

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• climatology
• dynamics
• energy
• evolution
• experiment
• fields
• gravity
• heat
• mechanics
• stability
• strong interaction
• wave

• Institut de Mécanique Statistique de la Turbulence, Marseille, France

  A. Favre

• Max-Plank Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany

  Klaus Hasselmann

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