Test of the Louis scheme and COARE algorithm for friction velocity in different wind-sea/swell regimes  

作　　者：GAO Zhiqiu HU Wen LIU Shaomin 

机构地区：[1]Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijingl00081, China [2]Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster and Environmental Variation, Nanjing 210044, China [3]Anhui Meteorological Bureau, Hefei 230061, China [4]State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

出　　处：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》2005年第4期20-28,共9页海洋学报（英文版）

基　　金：This work was mainly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.5087-02/04-5K-14 through the project titled as“Observational study of boundary layer physics processes over the Arctic area";It was also partly supported by the Office of Naval Research,Marine Meteorology and Atmospheric Efects through the CBLAST project.We thank anonymous reviewers very much for their comments.

摘　　要：The Louis scheme and the COARE algorithm （version 3.0） are tested against eddy covariance and inertial dissipation methods for friction velocity estimates in different wind-sea/swell regimes. Atmospheric forcing data, tabulated by Donelan et al. （1997.J Phys Oceanog, 27：2087-2099）, were collected from a mast on the foredeck of a SWATH （small water-plane area, twin hull） ship in deep sea off the State of Virginia during the surface wave dynamics experiment. These data are representative of low to moderate wind regimes. The aerodynamic roughness length is determined by using the Charnock relationship. The intercomparison shows that the Louis scheme and the COARE algorithm underestimate the friction velocity by 6% and 3% respectively under pure wind sea conditions, 15% and 13% respectively under cross swell conditions, and 21% and 17% respectively under counter swell conditions. The analysis shows that these underestimations were caused by the method chosen to determine the aerodynamic roughness length because it significantly underestimates the aerodynamic roughness length. It is especially true under the cross swell and counter swell conditions.The Louis scheme and the COARE algorithm （version 3.0） are tested against eddy covariance and inertial dissipation methods for friction velocity estimates in different wind-sea/swell regimes. Atmospheric forcing data, tabulated by Donelan et al. （1997.J Phys Oceanog, 27：2087-2099）, were collected from a mast on the foredeck of a SWATH （small water-plane area, twin hull） ship in deep sea off the State of Virginia during the surface wave dynamics experiment. These data are representative of low to moderate wind regimes. The aerodynamic roughness length is determined by using the Charnock relationship. The intercomparison shows that the Louis scheme and the COARE algorithm underestimate the friction velocity by 6% and 3% respectively under pure wind sea conditions, 15% and 13% respectively under cross swell conditions, and 21% and 17% respectively under counter swell conditions. The analysis shows that these underestimations were caused by the method chosen to determine the aerodynamic roughness length because it significantly underestimates the aerodynamic roughness length. It is especially true under the cross swell and counter swell conditions.

关 键 词：Louis scheme friction velocity sea surface 

分 类 号：P731.2[天文地球—海洋科学]