The Influence of Microscale Wave Breaking on Gas Transfer

OCE 96-33423 杰瑟普 该项目将确定微尺度波的作用 断裂作为气-海气体输送的强制机制。 非常短的表面重力波的破碎， 空气夹带，称为微尺度破碎，破坏了 扩散子层，该扩散子层控制气体穿过 海气界面 因此，微尺度破碎已经被 被认为是气体转移的主要机制。 这 该提案将建立一种新的预测方法， 海气输送速度的定量研究 来自红外（IR）的微尺度破碎测量 实验室里的成像技术。

OCE 96-33423 Jessup The project will determine the role of microscale wave breaking as a forcing mechanism in air-sea gas transfer. The breaking of very short surface gravity waves without air entrainment, known as microscale breaking, disrupts the diffusive sublayer which governs the flux of gas across the air-sea interface. Thus, microscale breaking has been proposed as a dominant mechanism for gas transfer. This proposal will establish a new approach for the prediction of air-sea gas transfer velocity based on quantitative measures of microscale breaking derived from infrared (IR) imaging techniques in the laboratory.