Surface shear stress dependence of gas transfer velocity parameterizations using DNS
Journal article, 2016

Air-water gas-exchange is studied in direct numerical simulations (DNS) of free-surface flows driven by natural convection and weak winds. The wind is modeled as a constant surface-shear-stress and the gas-transfer is modeled via a passive scalar. The simulations are characterized via a Richardson number Ri=Bν/u*4 where B, ν, and u* are the buoyancy flux, kinematic viscosity, and friction velocity respectively. The simulations comprise 0Ric or kg=Ashearu*Sc-n, Ri

Gas transfer velocity

Heat flux

Wind

Direct numerical simulations

Turbulence

Air-sea gas exchange

Natural convection

Surface cooling

Author

Sam Fredriksson

University of Gothenburg

Lars Arneborg

University of Gothenburg

Håkan Nilsson

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics

Robert Handler

Texas A&M University

Journal of Geophysical Research

01480227 (ISSN) 21562202 (eISSN)

Vol. 121 10 7369-7389

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Roots

Basic sciences

Infrastructure

C3SE (Chalmers Centre for Computational Science and Engineering)

Subject Categories

Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources

Climate Research

DOI

10.1002/2016JC011852

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Created

10/8/2017