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Air‐sea interaction and dynamics of the surface mixed layer
Author(s) -
Garwood R. W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg017i007p01507
Subject(s) - mixed layer , atmosphere (unit) , boundary layer , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , pacific ocean , planetary boundary layer , turbulence , climatology , geology , oceanography , geography , physics , mechanics
Since the last U.S. Report on ocean‐atmosphere interactions by Wyrtki [1975], there has been significant progress in air‐sea interaction research in general. The title of this report reflects the particular interest in the dynamics of the upper‐ocean turbulent boundary layer or mixed layer. More recently, larger‐scale experiments have investigated the upper‐ocean and lower‐atmosphere interactive processes on a variety of space and time scales. The most notable cooperative ventures that have involved U.S. scientists in the past four years are the Air Mass Transformation Experiment [AMTEX, 1975], the continuing Joint Air‐Sea Interaction (JASIN) experiment [Pollard, 1975, 1978], the North Pacific Experiment (NORPAX), the Mixed Layer Experiment (MILE, 1977) and MONEX, the Monsoon Experiment ([Garp, 1976]; [Singh, 1978]).