Accession Number:

AD0735893

Title:

Wintertime Interactions of the Atmosphere with the Mediterranean Sea.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Bunker,Andrew F.
• Cornell,Margaret Chaffee

Report Date:

1971-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

78.0

Abstract:

The flux of heat and water vapor was measured by several techniques during February 1969 while the surface water south of France was sinking to the bottom. These measurements show that the sea loses more than 300 calsq cmday and more than 0.5gmsq cmday of water during the winter. The flow patterns, turbulence, and exchanges of heat, water vapor and momentum of the mistral winds have been studied through the use of aircraft, ship, buoy, and radiosonde observations. Author

Descriptors:

• *ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
• MEDITERRANEAN SEA
• HEAT TRANSFER
• INTERACTIONS
• HEAT FLUX
• WATER VAPOR
• RADIOSONDES
• TURBULENCE
• EVAPORATION
• SEA WATER
• PERIODIC VARIATIONS
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
• SURFACE TEMPERATURE
• METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS
• MARINE METEOROLOGY

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE