Evaporation duct height measurements in the Mid-Atlantic
Subtitle: final report
By: by C.W. Faiirall, K.L. Davidson, G.E. Schacher, and T.M. Houlihan
Contributors: Davidson, Kenneth L.; Schacher, G. E. (Gordon Everett); Houlihan, Thomas M.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Subjects: Boundary layer (Meteorology); Evaporation (Meteorology); Measurement; Atmospheric turbulence; Electromagnetic waves
Description: This is a report on atmospheric boundary layer measurements made aboard the USNS Kane in February and March of 1978. The data has been analyzed to obtain Monin-Obukhov similarity parameters and EM propagation properties using bulk, profile and turbulence data. The evaporation duct height, Z*, was found to vary from 1.0 meters to 25 meters with a typical value of 16 meters. A comparison with profile and turbulence methods showed that the bulk method was accurate to within a factor of two, although some of the disagreement has been attributed to profile measurement inaccuracies. A sensitivity analysis showed that the relative humidity and air-sea temperature difference are the most critical measurements for bulk calculations of Z*
Notes: Title from cover.

"Prepared for: Naval Oceanographic Office, Code 3404, NSTL Station, Bay St. Louis, Ms. 39522."

Environmental Physics Group, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93940."

"15 August 1978"--Cover.

"NPS61-78-005"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1978.

ck/ oclc 7/8/09.