TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling whitecap fraction with a wave model
AU - Scanlon, Brian
AU - Breivik, Øyvind
AU - Bidlot, Jean Raymond
AU - Janssen, Peter A.E.M.
AU - Callaghan, Adrian H.
AU - Ward, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Meteorological Society.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - High-resolution measurements of actively breaking whitecap fraction (WFA) and total whitecap fraction (WFT) from the Knorr11 field experiment in the Atlantic Ocean are compared with estimates of whitecap fraction modeled from the dissipation source term of the ECMWF wave model. The results reveal a strong linear relationship between model results and observed measurements. This indicates that the wave model dissipation is an accurate estimate of total whitecap fraction. The study also reveals that the dissipation source term is more closely related to WFA than WFT, which includes the additional contribution from maturing (stage B) whitecaps.
AB - High-resolution measurements of actively breaking whitecap fraction (WFA) and total whitecap fraction (WFT) from the Knorr11 field experiment in the Atlantic Ocean are compared with estimates of whitecap fraction modeled from the dissipation source term of the ECMWF wave model. The results reveal a strong linear relationship between model results and observed measurements. This indicates that the wave model dissipation is an accurate estimate of total whitecap fraction. The study also reveals that the dissipation source term is more closely related to WFA than WFT, which includes the additional contribution from maturing (stage B) whitecaps.
KW - Atm/ocean structure/phenomena
KW - Atmosphere-ocean interaction
KW - Circulation/dynamics
KW - Models and modeling
KW - Numerical weather prediction/forecasting
KW - Oceanic
KW - Wave breaking
KW - Waves
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84961588860
U2 - 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0158.1
DO - 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0158.1
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-3670
VL - 46
SP - 887
EP - 894
JO - J. PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
JF - J. PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
IS - 3
ER -