Open AccessON SURFACE FRICTION AND TURBULENCE IN THE OCEAN
Author(s) -
Durst C.S.
Publication year - 1949
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1949.tb02953.x
Subject(s) - turbulence , friction coefficient , surface (topology) , clear air turbulence , geology , wind speed , mechanics , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , physics , geometry , mathematics , materials science , composite material
Summary Values of the coefficient of surface friction between the ocean and the overlying air are deduced from pilot balloon observations. They would seem to indicate that this coefficient varies directly as the wind speed, the proportionality expressed in c. g. s. units being about 7 × 10 −7 . On the assumption that this is so, the coefficient of turbulence in the ocean is estimated to be represented by K = 7.3 × 10 −11 ( V 8 ) 4 , where k is the coefficient of turbulence and V 8 is the surface wind speed.