MPO 631 - Air-Sea Interaction, Prof. Lynn Shay

Description: The fluxes of heat, momentum, moisture and salt between the ocean and atmosphere; vertical distribution of energy sources and sinks at the interface including the importance of surface currents; forced upper ocean dynamics, the role of surface waves on the air-sea exchange processes and oceanic and atmospheric mixed layers, large scale air-sea interactions.

Outline:

1. Introduction: Basic Processes
   
2. Instabilities
   
3. Reynolds Decomposition
   
4. Atmospheric Boundary Layer
   
5. Heat Fluxes
   
6. Oceanic Mixed Layers
   
7. Surface Waves
   
8. Forced Upper Ocean Response
   
9. Coupled Boundary Layers
   
10. Large Scale A-S Interactions