ANALYTICAL SIMULATION OF MASS AND HEAT FLUXES ACROSS AIR-WATER INTERFACES.

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Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical derivation of the mass and heat fluxes across air-water interfaces. These fluxes are obtained by considering both the advective and dispersive transport processes of water vapor and heat from a water surface with limited down-wind size. Two turbulent diffusion partial differential equations for water vapor and heat transport are coupled through boundary conditions at the water surface. Analytical solutions for the distribution of specific humidity and temperature are obtained in terms of Laplace transform equation from which the fluxes are derived. Results are presented in dimensionless graphical forms covering essentially all practical ranges of meteorological conditions and various sizes of water body. They should facilitate the computations of mass and heat fluxes. Comparison with several empirical formulae indicates that each of them is a special case of the present formulation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages71-79
Number of pages9
StatePublished - 1978
EventAdv in Heat and Mass Transf at Air-Water Interfaces, Symp Presented at the Winter Annu Meet of ASME - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: 10 Dec 197815 Dec 1978

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ConferenceAdv in Heat and Mass Transf at Air-Water Interfaces, Symp Presented at the Winter Annu Meet of ASME
CitySan Francisco, CA, USA
Period10/12/7815/12/78

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