Air-Sea flux calculator

This Application is a simple calculator that estimates Turbulent Air-Sea Fluxes based on input variables such as wind speed, air temperature, or relative humidity.

The input variables can be easily set by hand with sliders.

The present Air-Sea Flux Calculator application makes it easy to get an estimate of the fluxes at Sea of for Educational purposes

The code is a simplification of the well known bulk algorithm so-called COARE 3.0 (Fairall et al. 2003).

The authors of this code are Nicolas Bourras and Denis Bourras (MIO CNRS UMR 7294, Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie, Institut Pytheas CNRS UAR 3470, Aix-Marseille University).

Citation:

Bourras, N., & Bourras, D., (2023). Air-Sea flux calculator [Application].

Date (Publication): 2023-03-22T08:00:00

Unique resource identifier: 10.34930/f2fc31b7-a9bd-4c94-9916-16fe9c6ede66

Purpose: Android apk to calculate easily turbulent air-sea fluxes

Status: Completed

Point of contact

MIO UMR 7294 CNRS - Denis Bourras ( )

Author

MIO UMR 7294 CNRS - Nicolas Bourras

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Distributor

MIO UMR 7294 CNRS - Denis Bourras

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Theme

Air-sea interactions
turbulence
bulk algorithm
calculation

Access constraints: Copyright

Use constraints: otherRestictions

Other constraints: CeCILL-C FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 5000

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Begin date: 2021-02-01

End date: 2021-02-25

Description: marseille luminy

Supplemental Information: Marseille Luminy

Reference system identifier: WGS 1984

Distribution format

APK application ( 1.0 )

Owner

MIO UMR 7294 CNRS - Denis Bourras

Originator

MIO UMR 7294 CNRS - Denis Bourras

OnLine resource: Air Sea flux calculator ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
APK Android application

OnLine resource: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )

Hierarchy level: Service

Statement: known issues

• Dynamic Stability of air is not accounted for in this version

• The range of reachable values for Air temperature and other bulk variables are arbitrarily restricted, improved versions can be compiled upon request

• Ancillary variables such as water vapour pressure, wet bulb temperature, could be added in the future

References

• Fairall, C.W., E.F. Bradley, J.E. Hare, A.A. Grachev, and J.B. Edson, 2003: Bulk Parameterization of Air–Sea Fluxes: Updates and Verification for the COARE Algorithm. J. Climate, 16, 571–591, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2003 )016<0571:BPOASF>2.0.CO;2