Air-Ice-Ocean Interaction Turbulent Ocean Boundary Layer Exchange Processes /

• Main Author: McPhee, Miles (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Physical geography.; Continuum physics.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Physical Geography.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Environmental Physics.

At a time when the polar regions are undergoing rapid and unprecedented change, understanding exchanges of momentum, heat and salt at the ice-ocean interface is critical for realistically predicting the future state of sea ice. By offering a measurement platform largely unaffected by surface waves,...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Physical Concepts
• Turbulence Basics
• Similarity for the Ice/Ocean Boundary Layer
• Turbulence Scales for the Ice/Ocean Boundary Layer
• The Ice/Ocean Interface
• A Numerical Model for the Ice/Ocean Boundary Layer
• LTC Modeling Examples
• The Steady Local Turbulence Closure Model.