Thesis (M.S.)--Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2006. / Bibliography: p. 75.

The work carried out for this thesis forms part of a program to study air-sea interaction processes which has been under way at the Institute of Oceanography of the University of British Columbia during the past four years. Measurements of the spectra of fluctuations of the velocity, temperature, and quantities related to the total rate of dissipation of kinetic energy were made in the air just above the sea surface, Particular attention was focused on the high wave number region of the spectra for which there are predictions for the spectral forms from the theory of turbulence. The measurements of the velocity fluctuations were made with hot-wire anemometers of the constant current type. The temperature fluctuations were measured with a platinum resistance thermometer consisting of a platinum wire 2.5 microns in diameter and about 2mm long. The fluctuations of the quantities related to the dissipation rate were obtained from the velocity fluctuations using an analog computer to perform the necessary operations. The spectral analyses were performed by analog techniques. The measured velocity spectra, when normalized in the required was showed excellent agreement with the measurements of other investigators who worked in different flow fields. The experimental evidence now available provides very strong support for the Kolmogoroff contention that there exists a universal form to the high wave number part of the spectrum of high Reynolds number turbulence. This universal form might be expected to be affected by the observed intermittency of the turbulence. However, such effects, if they exist, must be smaller than the observed experimental scatter of 10 to 15%. The spectrum of the temperature fluctuations shows good agreement with the predictions, obtained from arguments similar to the Kolmogoroff ones for the velocity spectrum, over the rather limited wave number range which it was possible to investigate. The wave number spectra of the fluctuations of the quantities related to the dissipation rate agree with the predictions of Novikov and Stewart (19 64) that these spectra should have a power law form in the inertial subrange with the power of the wave number lying between 0 and -1. One of the requirements for the validity of their prediction is that the flatness factor for the velocity fluctuations and their spatial derivatives should be very much larger than the flatness factor for a Gaussian random variable. The few measurements which were made of flatness factors showed that this requirement is very well satisfied. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology and Oceanography)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Shaw, W.J. Second Reader: Nuss, W.A. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on December 29, 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): Marine atmospheres, marginal ice zones, geostropic wind, atmospheric boundary layer, stratus clouds, cumulus clouds, stratocumulus clouds, wind velocity, temperature inversion, air ice interactions. Author(s) subject terms: Marginal ice zone. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Meteorology)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003. / Dissertation supervisor: Wendell Nuss. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169). Also available online.

Proefschrift-Utrecht. / Introduction, summary and vita in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-77).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University. / Bibliography: p. 21-23. Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-124). Also available on the World Wide Web.

This thesis explores the feasibility of making wind speed profile measurements from an oceanographic buoy using a Doppler sodar. In the fall of 2005, we deployed a Scintec SFAS sodar on an ASIS buoy. Roughly one week of buoy motion data and one day of sodar observations were collected. Data from both this deployment, and the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, were used in conjunction with models to predict sodar performance. Results are compared for an ASIS and a 3-meter discus buoy. We also predict the yearly average probability of sodar data availability in the presence of buoy motion. We show that buoy tilting in response to wave forcing is the main factor affecting sodar performance. Our results strongly suggest that ASIS is a suitable platform for sodar measurements at sea. / US Navy (USN) author.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-88). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M. S.)--Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Di Lorenzo, Emanuele; Committee Member: Bracco, Annalisa; Committee Member: Lynch-Stieglitz, Jean. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.