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

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introductory Remarks to the Session on Sea-Surface Fluxes....Pages 1-4
On the Structure of Convective Elements in the Air Near the Surface....Pages 5-19
Marine Turbulent Boundary Layer Fluxes of Water Vapor, Sensible Heat and Momentum During Gate....Pages 21-33
Eddy Fluxes of Momentum and Heat Measured Over the Atlantic Ocean in Gale Force Winds....Pages 35-50
Estimation of the Fluxes Over the Ocean by the Covariance and Dissipation Methods....Pages 51-65
Estimates of the Surface Fluxes Over the Ocean....Pages 67-79
Experimental Study of Momentum Transfer, Heat and Water Vapor Fluxes Under Different Stability Conditions....Pages 81-98
Fluxes Through the Boundary Layers at an Air-Water Interface: Laboratory Studies....Pages 99-120
On an Isotopic Method to Investigate Mass Transfer at an Air-Water Interface: The Dependence of Bulk Evaporation Coefficients on Water Surface Conditions....Pages 121-135
Eddy Correlation Measurement of Sea-Air CO 2 Flux....Pages 137-149
Gas Exchange and Evaporation Studies in a Circular Wind Tunnel, Continuous Radon-222 Measurements at Sea, and Tritium/Helium-3 Measurements in a Lake....Pages 151-166
Experimental Study of Wind Effects on Reaeration....Pages 167-183
Mechanics of Multiphase Fluxes Over the Ocean....Pages 185-197
On the Dynamics of Steep Gravity Waves in Deep Water....Pages 199-220
The Dispersion Relation for Wind Waves in Decay Area....Pages 221-233
Modulation of Centimetric Waves by Long Gravity Waves: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Results....Pages 235-255
Measurement of the Pressure and Velocity Field Below Surface Waves....Pages 257-272
Whitecaps and Momentum Transfer....Pages 273-287
Laboratory Experiments on the Interaction Between Surface Waves and Free Convection in Water....Pages 289-305
Long Wave — Short Wave Interaction....Pages 307-318
On the Nonlinear Transfer of Energy in the Peak of a Gravity Wave Spectrum....Pages 319-334
The Wave-Wave Interaction Machine....Pages 335-345
Nonlinear and Linear Bottom Interaction Effects in Shallow Water....Pages 347-372
Strong Interactions in Wind-Wave Fields....Pages 373-384
Wind-Generated Water Surface Waves: The Laboratory Evidence....Pages 385-401
Laboratory Studies on Wind-Wave Generation, Amplification and Evolution....Pages 403-420
Wave-Pressure Correlation Measurements Over Growing Sea Waves With a Wave Follower and Fixed-Height Pressure Sensors....Pages 421-432
The Bight of Abaco Pressure Experiment....Pages 433-443
Observations of Nonlinear Processes in Surface Wave Generation....Pages 445-455
Energy and Momentum Flux to Nonresonant Forced Waves....Pages 457-468
Open Sea Simultaneous Observations of Air and Water Motions During Active Air-Sea Interactions....Pages 469-481
Field Observations of Air Flow Above the Waves....Pages 483-494
Models of Turbulent Airflow Above Idealised Water Waves....Pages 495-506
The Potential Impact of Seasat-A on the Study of the Planetary Boundary Layer Over the Ocean....Pages 507-529
On the Spectral Energy Balance and Numerical Prediction of Ocean Waves....Pages 531-545
A Twenty Year Northern Hemisphere Wave Spectral Climatology....Pages 547-563
Seven Years of Routine Numerical Wave Prediction with the DSA 5 Model....Pages 565-591
A Depth-Dependent Wave Model for Operational Forecasting....Pages 593-606
Parametrical Numerical Wave Prediction Tested in Wind Situations Varying in Space and Time....Pages 607-616
A Numerical Model Hindcast of Severe Wave Conditions for the North Sea....Pages 617-628
A Wind Waves Prediction Model in the Adriatic Sea....Pages 629-645
A Comparison of Parametric and Spectral Hurricane Wave Prediction Products....Pages 647-665
Back Matter....Pages 667-677