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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 |
Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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