AMP
551 (Fall 2002) – Physics of the Air-Sea Interface
Prof.
Mark Donelan and Prof. Hans Graber
Goals:
This course is
intended to present to students the fundamental physical processes that pertain
to the air-sea interface and especially its role in coupling air and sea.
Description of Course:
This course deals with the theory and practice of air-sea interaction. Two hours of lectures and one hour in the wind-wave laboratory provide an appropriate mix of theory and experiment. The topics covered include:
Thermodynamics
of the interface
Conservation
equations
Wave
generation, propagation and dissipation
Boundary
layer turbulence
Heat,
mass and momentum transfer
Energy
dissipation, intermittency
Turbulence
closure
Wave
prediction models
Assigments:
Weekly homework, Mid
term and Final exams.
Grades:
Grades are based on
25% HW, 25% Mid term, 35% Final, and 15% participation in class.
Reading
List:
1.
Atmosphere-Ocean
Interaction, Kraus & Businger, Oxford University Press, 1994
2.
Wind Generated Ocean
Waves, Young, Elsevier, 1999
3.
Turbulence, Frisch,
Cambridge University Press, 1995
4.
A First Course in
Turbulence, Tennekes and Lumley, MIT Press, 1977
5.
Boundary Layer
Meteorology, Stull, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991
6.
The Dynamics of the
Upper Ocean, Phillips, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Ed., 1977