On the Thermal Boundary Layer of the Ocean
- 6 May 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 131 (3410) , 1374-1376
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3410.1374
Abstract
Measurement of the long-wave infrared radiation from the top 0.1 mm of the evaporating ocean demonstrates the existence of a cool surface layer characterized by departures of as much as 0.6°C from the "surface temperature" found by conventional methods. Being very thin, the layer cools sufficiently rapidly to reestablish itself in less than 12 seconds after disruption by a breaking wave.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- TEMPERATURES OBSERVED NEAR THE SURFACE OF A FRESH-WATER POND AT NIGHTJournal of Meteorology, 1947