Airborne imagery of ocean mixed-layer convective patterns

被引:2
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作者
Marmorino, George O. [1 ]
Smith, Geoffrey B. [1 ]
Toporkov, Jakov V. [1 ]
Sletten, Mark A. [1 ]
Perkovic, Dragana [2 ]
Frasier, Stephen J. [2 ]
机构
[1] USN, Res Lab, Remote Sensing Div, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[2] Univ Massachusetts, Microwave Remote Sensing Lab, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
关键词
Thermal convection; Langmuir circulation; Surface mixed layer; Sea-surface temperature; Cool skin; Surfactant; Remote sensing; Infrared imagery; Synthetic aperture radar; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA;
D O I
10.1016/j.dsr.2008.10.007
中图分类号
P7 [海洋学];
学科分类号
0707 ;
摘要
Airborne infrared and synthetic aperture radar imagery collected over the Gulf Stream are used to examine the surface patterns of small-scale thermal convection and wind-driven Langmuir circulation. These patterns have a thermal contrast of similar to 0.25 degrees C, which is roughly an order of magnitude larger than predicted by large-eddy simulations but consistent with the effect on surface temperature of surfactant accumulations induced by mixed-layer eddies. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:435 / 441
页数:7
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