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Title: Thermal and size evolution of sea spray droplets
Authors: United States. Office of Naval Research
Andreas, Edgar L.
Keywords: Air-sea interaction
Microphysics
Sea spray
Bubbles
Moisture
Moisture transfer
Water droplets
Heat transfer
Heat transmission
Polar lows
Whitecaps
Publisher: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: CRREL report ; 89-11.
Description: CRREL Report
Partial Abstract: Sea spray droplets initially have the same temperature as the ocean surface from which they formed. In high latitudes, under a relatively cold wind, they therefore cool and evaporate, in effect enhancing the air-sea exchange of heat and moisture. With a future goal of investigating this enhanced exchange in mind, this report develops model equations with which to track the thermal and size (moisture content) evolution of a spray droplet from the time it is created until it comes to equilibrium with its environment. On testing the model against some of the scanty data available on the evolution of saline droplets, good agreement is found. Note: The rest of the abstract contained equations that could not be rendered by the character set of this system. The downloaded file will contain those equations.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9057
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