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While various volumes havepreviously been de- bable, answer to this
question lies in the obser- vation that while whitecaps are some of
the voted to such topics as droplets and bubbles, it is our conceit
that this is the first volume dedi- most apparent features
associated with high sea cated to the description of the phenomenon
states, they have also pro\'ed to be someofthe of oceanic
whitecapping, and to a considera- most difficult objects to measure
and describe tion of the role these whitecapsplay in satellite
quantitatively, and while scientists as a group marine remote
sensing, in sea-salt aerosol gene- may like to tackle difficult
problems, we ration, and in a broad range ofother sea surface
should not be accused ofundue modesty when processes. This
observation, reOecting in part we observe that as a group we also
have a finite the relatively modest attention paid until re-
tolerance for frustration and ahuman,perhaps cently by the
scientific community to white- aesthetic, prejudice in favour
ofnatural pheno- caps, is noteworthy when one considers that mena
that are amcnable to detailed description. collectively whitecaps
are to thegeneral public It is appropriate to note that Professor
Wood- one of the most striking features of the sea- cock, to whom
this volume is dedicated, ap- scape.
Scientists investigating the interaction between the ocean and the
atmosphere now believe that the drag coefficient, and the
coefficients of heat transfer and moisture transfer at the sea
surface, all increase with an intensification of the wind, reaching
high values during a storm. This belief is based on the results of
gradient and eddy correlation measurements in the air layer over
the water, as weIl as on data concerning the effect of storms on
the structure of the upper layer of the ocean and on the planetary
atmospheric boundary layer. However, until recently it was
impossible to explain just how the above coefficients depend on the
wind velocity and to extrapolate this dependence into the region of
hurricane velocities. Only by studying nonturbulent mechanisms of
transfer, which play an important role dose to the surface of a
stormy sea, and mechanisms of spray mediated transfer in
particular, was it possible to proceed to a solution of this
problem. This book presents the results of laboratory and field
studies of the spray field in the air layer above the surface of a
stormy sea. Since there is a dose correlation between the
generation of spray and the breaking of wind waves, considerable
attention is given to the analysis of data on the sea state during
a storm. Su'ch data are of interest when solving a number of
diverse theoretical and applied problems."
Scientists investigating the interaction between the ocean and the
atmosphere now believe that the drag coefficient, and the
coefficients of heat transfer and moisture transfer at the sea
surface, all increase with an intensification of the wind, reaching
high values during a storm. This belief is based on the results of
gradient and eddy correlation measurements in the air layer over
the water, as weIl as on data concerning the effect of storms on
the structure of the upper layer of the ocean and on the planetary
atmospheric boundary layer. However, until recently it was
impossible to explain just how the above coefficients depend on the
wind velocity and to extrapolate this dependence into the region of
hurricane velocities. Only by studying nonturbulent mechanisms of
transfer, which play an important role dose to the surface of a
stormy sea, and mechanisms of spray mediated transfer in
particular, was it possible to proceed to a solution of this
problem. This book presents the results of laboratory and field
studies of the spray field in the air layer above the surface of a
stormy sea. Since there is a dose correlation between the
generation of spray and the breaking of wind waves, considerable
attention is given to the analysis of data on the sea state during
a storm. Su'ch data are of interest when solving a number of
diverse theoretical and applied problems."
While various volumes havepreviously been de- bable, answer to this
question lies in the obser- vation that while whitecaps are some of
the voted to such topics as droplets and bubbles, it is our conceit
that this is the first volume dedi- most apparent features
associated with high sea cated to the description of the phenomenon
states, they have also pro\'ed to be someofthe of oceanic
whitecapping, and to a considera- most difficult objects to measure
and describe tion of the role these whitecapsplay in satellite
quantitatively, and while scientists as a group marine remote
sensing, in sea-salt aerosol gene- may like to tackle difficult
problems, we ration, and in a broad range ofother sea surface
should not be accused ofundue modesty when processes. This
observation, reOecting in part we observe that as a group we also
have a finite the relatively modest attention paid until re-
tolerance for frustration and ahuman,perhaps cently by the
scientific community to white- aesthetic, prejudice in favour
ofnatural pheno- caps, is noteworthy when one considers that mena
that are amcnable to detailed description. collectively whitecaps
are to thegeneral public It is appropriate to note that Professor
Wood- one of the most striking features of the sea- cock, to whom
this volume is dedicated, ap- scape.
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