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Tsai, W., Chen, S., Lin, M. and Hung, L. (2003). Molecular sublayers beneath the air-sea interface relative to momentum, heat and gas transports. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2003GL018164. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Numerical simulations of the wind-driven aqueous turbulent flow and the underlying heat and dissolved gas transports are conducted with sufficiently fine grid resolution to resolve the molecular sublayers immediately beneath the air-water interface. The simulated mean distributions of velocity, temperature and gas concentration all exhibit exponential profiles across the sublayers in accordance with the theoretical postulation of Liu and Businger <1975> which they derived on the basis of the conceptual surface renewal model. The numerical results identify two major coherent renewal processes within the flow: intermittent upwellings induced by uprising horseshoe-like eddies in the well-mixed region, and elongated, high-speed, cool streaks within the sublayer reflecting the cool-skin thermal structure. |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Air/sea constituent fluxes (3339, 4504), Oceanography, Physical, Air/sea interactions, Oceanography, Physical, Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes, Oceanography, Physical, Fine structure and microstructure |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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