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CODE :: Coastal Dynamics
Experiment, 1981-1982 |
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This NSF experiment was the study of wind-driven
coastal upwelling off of northern California. The NCAR
Queenair aircraft mapped the vertical and horizontal structure
between Bodega Bay and Pt. Arena. A major result was the
study of the low-level jet (up to 32 ms^{-1}), which was
shown to result from the thermal wind above the marine-layer
inversion and turbulent stress divergence below (Zemba
and Friehe, 1982). The horizontal aircraft maps at 30
m altitude revealed the existence of two forms of hydraulic
control of the marine layer: an expansion fan around Pt.
Arena and a hydraulic jump at Stewart's Point (Winant,
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FASINEX :: Frontal
Air-Sea Interaction Experiment |
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This ONR experiment was the study of air-sea
interaction around the sea-surface temperature front in
the Sargasso Sea. A Naval Research Laboratory RP3A aircraft
was instrumented for turbulence and meteorological measurements
and flew in conjunction with the NCAR Electra. The two-aircraft
formation showed the significant effects of the temperature
front on the air-sea fluxes (Friehe, et al., 1991). |
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Land Surface-Layer
Turbulence, NSF |
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Measurements of the wind, temperature and
humidity profiles were measured over an open field in
Wyoming during fall to maximize the probability of neutral
conditions. The controversial von Karman constant in the
flux-profile relation was found to decrease slightly with
Revnolds number. A data set was obtained as a sudden snow
storm dramtically lowered the roughness of the surface,
and the von Karman constant decreased significantly (Oncley,
et al., 1995). |
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SMILE :: Shelf Mixed
Layer Experiment |
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This NSF experiment was a continuation of
coastal circulation off of Northern California during
winter with the NCAR Kingair aircraft. Surface flux measurements
under up-coast and downcoast winds showed upwelling-favorable
stresses exist in both situations due to the opposite
cross-coast variation of the stresses. |
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CARMAI
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