Overview of the CoOP experiments: Physical and chemical measurements parameterizing air-sea heat exchange
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2001
Abstract
Experiments performed in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in 1995 and 1997 attempted to measure the short time-scale and small spatial scale variability in the air-sea gas transfer rate. Along with these measurements, physical and chemical parameters known from previous laboratory studies to influence transfer rates were also characterized. These parameters include the atmospheric forcing, the capillary and capillary-gravity wave state, the surface chemical enrichment, and the level of near-surface turbulence. In this contribution we describe the methodologies employed for the measurement campaigns and summarize some general observations resulting from them. Other contributions from the coauthors describe in more detail the specific conclusions derived from the Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP) field program.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Geophysical Monograph Series
Volume
127
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Bock, Erik J., James B. Edson, Nelson M. Frew, Tetsu Hara, Horst Haussecker, Bernd Jähne, Wade R. McGillis, Sean P. McKenna, Robert K. Nelson, Uwe Schimpf, and Mete Uz. "Overview of the CoOP experiments: Physical and chemical measurements parameterizing air-sea heat exchange." Geophysical Monograph Series 127, (2001). doi: 10.1029/GM127p0039.