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ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN
INTERACTION >> Seminars
SEMINAR - ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION
Friday, 2007 October 12, 12:15
Foredragssalen,
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
Alastair D. Jenkins
Summary
Except in extremely thin laminar
layers immediately
adjacent to the water surface, the flow of the air above, and the
water below, the sea surface, is turbulent under virtually all
circumstances. As a consequence, the fluid flow in the
near-surface boundary layers is often assumed to have properties
similar to those of turbulent flow near a solid surface, obeying the
scaling laws of Prandtl, Kolmogorov, Monin, and Obukhov. We
investigate these assumptions, how well they hold under different
circumstances and for the flux of physical quantities such as momentum,
heat, and mass, and outline current approaches to the measurement and
modelling of the boundary-layer properties.
Talks
are normally 45
minutes, and the room is usually available until 14:00 for discussions
after the talk. Anyone (from the Bergen area or elsewhere) who
wishes to give a seminar in this series is invited to contact the
Scientific Coordinator
Alastair D. Jenkins <alastair.jenkins@gfi.uib.no>.
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