Session 5 Sea Surface Processes, Including Waves, Spray, Bubbles, and Aerosol I

Tuesday, 10 July 2012: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Essex North (Westin Copley Place)
Host: 18th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
Magdalena D. Anguelova, NRL, Remote Sensing Division, Washington, DC

Papers:
1:30 PM
5.1
A Laboratory Study of Sea Spray from Breaking Waves: Part I - Profiles of Droplet Microphysical Properties
Christopher W. Fairall, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Zappa, M. L. Banner, R. P. Morison, S. Brumer, X. Yan, and W. L. Peirson
1:45 PM
5.2
A Laboratory Study of Sea Spray from Breaking Waves. Part II - Correlations with Wind and Wave Properties
Christopher J. Zappa, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. L. Banner, C. W. Fairall, R. P. Morison, S. Brumer, X. Yan, and W. L. Peirson

2:15 PM
5.4
Laboratory Study of the Wind Structure above Waves
Marc Buckley, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE; and F. Veron

2:30 PM
5.5
Impact of Breaking Wave Form Drag on Near-Surface Turbulence and Drag Coefficient over Young Seas at High Winds
Nobuhiro Suzuki, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and T. Hara and P. P. Sullivan
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