A mixing length model for the aqueous boundary layer including the effect of wave breaking on enhancing gas transfer

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Abstract

A mixing length model for air-water gas transfer is developed to include the effects of wave breaking. The model requires both the shear velocity induced by the wind and the integrated wave dissipation. Both of these can be calculated for tanks and oceans by a full spectrum wave model. The gas transfer model is calibrated, with laboratory tank measurements of carbon dioxide flux, and transported to oceanic conditions to yield air-sea transfer velocity versus wind speed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012001
JournalIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume35
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 20 2016
Event7th International Symposium on Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces - Seattle, United States
Duration: May 18 2015May 21 2015

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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