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... 2. Coupling of the Navy's atmosphere and ocean predictive models has a natural place in the Navy' s research mission, and the coupling of the atmospheric and oceanic turbulent flows through computational fluid dynamics techniques, such as large eddy simulation, is an important research area.
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... The pane! recommends that NRL significantly expand the scope of its theoretical expertise in the areas of computational JqUid dynamics related to boundary layer dynamics and that it guide and be guided by ongoing experimental efforts in air-sea physics and the development of remote sensing technology, with coupling of the atmosphere and ocean predictive models as a major goal.
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... imperative for obtaining data of any sort, the details of the processes have been ignored, and the apparent correlations between backscatter cross sections and the geophysical quantities of interest have been used to generate empirical or semiempirical models. However, the persistent scatter in all extant microwave data sets, the limited range of conditions over which high-quality radar and correlative measurements have been obtained, and the continuing controversies over the accuracies and forms of the empirical models all testify to the fundamental inadequacy of the empirical approach alone.
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... in all endeavors a commitment to ship time is essential; the Navy's working environment is not the laboratory bench top or a computer, but rather the open ocean and coastal waters of the real world.
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Key Terms

  • atmospheric boundary
  • layer dynamics
  • marine atmospheric
  • wave dynamics
  • ocean surface

  • microwave sensing
  • surface wave
  • active microwave
  • layer fluxes
  • signature physics

  • coastal regions
  • predictive models
  • collaborative program
  • marine environments
  • panel notes

  • passive microwave
  • numerical meteorological
  • microwave instruments
  • turbulent flows
  • ocean predictive

  • boundary layers
  • computational fluid
  • fleet numerical
  • oceanographic center
  • geophysical quantities

  • nrl undertake
  • electromagnetic propagation
  • fluid dynamics
  • fundamental geophysical
  • correlative measurements


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