Physical air-sea exchange: synthesis and dissemination
Lead Research Organisation:
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
Department Name: NERC Strategic Research Division
Abstract
This proposal requests funding for costs associated with the publication of 3 distinct papers. The first is a joint paper on the physical air-sea exchange process studies undertaken by the DOGEE, SEASAW, HiWASE, and DMS Flux projects funded under UK-SOLAS. Publication in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ensures wide dissemination to a much larger audience than the SOLAS community and is freely available online. The other two papers are related to technical aspects of making direct eddy correlation flux measurements from ships: the impact of flow distortion on the measurements (applicable to all flux measurements), and the effect of hygroscopic swelling of aerosol particles to the assessment of aerosol fluxes. These are technical studies underpin the science funded by the original UK-SOLAS grants.
Publications
Prytherch J
(2010)
Open ocean gas transfer velocity derived from long-term direct measurements of the CO 2 flux
in Geophysical Research Letters
Prytherch J
(2010)
Direct measurements of the CO 2 flux over the ocean: Development of a novel method
in Geophysical Research Letters
Hartman M
(2011)
A Spar Buoy for High-Frequency Wave Measurements and Detection of Wave Breaking in the Open Ocean
in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Feng X
(2014)
Changes in significant and maximum wave heights in the Norwegian Sea
in Global and Planetary Change
Feng X
(2014)
Wave height analysis from 10 years of observations in the Norwegian Sea
in Continental Shelf Research