Rain‐induced turbulence and air‐sea gas transfer
Rain‐induced turbulence and air‐sea gas transfer
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10.1029/2008jc005008
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2009-07
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C. Zappa;D. T. Ho;W. McGillis;M. Banner;J. Dacey;L. Bliven;Barry B. Ma;J. Nystuen
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C. Zappa;D. T. Ho;W. McGillis;M. Banner;J. Dacey;L. Bliven;Barry B. Ma;J. Nystuen
=4 for a range of rain rates with broad drop size distributions. The hydrodynamic measurements elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the rain-enhanced k results using SF6 tracer evasion and active controlled flux technique. High-resolution k and turbulence results highlight the causal relationship between rainfall, turbulence, stratification, and air-sea gas exchange. Profiles of e beneath the air-sea interface during rainfall, measured for the first time during a gas exchange experiment, yielded discrete values as high as 10 �2 Wk g �1 . Stratification modifies and traps the turbulence near the surface, affecting the enhancement of the transfer velocity and also diminishing the vertical mixing of mass transported to the air-water interface. Although the kinetic energy flux is an integral measure of the turbulent input to the system during rain events, e is the most robust response to all the modifications and transformations to the turbulent state that follows. The Craig-Banner turbulence model, modified for rain instead of breaking wave turbulence, successfully predicts the near-surface dissipation profile at the onset of the rain event before stratification plays a dominant role. This result is important for predictive modeling of k as it allows inferring the surface value of e fundamental to gas transfer.