[1] Heat is used as a proxy tracer for gases to study the transport processes across the sea surface microlayer. Infrared imaging techniques permit fast measurements of heat transfer velocities and give an insight into the transport mechanisms across the thermal sublayer. The observed fluctuations of the sea surface temperature suggest that surface renewal is the major turbulent transport mecha...

Mexico City lies in a high altitude basin where air quality and pollutant fate is strongly influenced by local winds. The combination of high terrain with weak synoptic forcing leads to weak and variable winds with complex circulation patterns. A gap wind entering the basin in the afternoon leads to very different wind convergence lines over the city depending on the meteorological conditions. ...

methods to derive wind speed and the sea state from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data are presented and applied for use in high resolution numerical modeling for coastal application. The new radar satellite TerraSAR-X (TS-X) images the sea surface with a high resolution up to 1m. So not only the wind field and integrated sea state parameters but also individual ocean waves with wave...

We present the results of a study focused on the morphology and dynamical evolution of wind bow shocks produced by massive runaway stars in the diffuse interstellar medium. A revision of current analytical models describing the shape and physical parameters of a wind bow shock is proposed, motivated by the recognition that the shocked stellar wind does not need to incorporate into the bow shock...

Approximately 2,000 zero-lift, double-theodolite pilot balloon observations made at Oak Ridge, Tenn., are analyzed in order to study low level air trajectories over hilly terrain. Paths of air parcels are found to fall into characteristic groups, depending on wind speed and stability conditions. Eddy patterns for these groups are determined, and these are found to resemble similar patterns dete...