Mathematical Notations
Symbol Description
a
wave amplitude
1.6.2
a i
weights corresponding to the spectrally
distributed absorption coefficients D i
(1.62)
1.4.6
a 0
dimensionless
constant
in
microlayer
parameterization
(2.47)
2.3.2
A
albedo
(1.54)
1.4.5
A d
parameter determining free-rising profiler
dynamics
(3.10)
3.2.4
A w
wave age
1.6.6
A 0
dimensionless coefficient in parameterization
for gas transfer
(2.41)
2.3.2
b
turbulent kinetic energy (TKE)
(1.24)
1.2.4
b w
surface wave kinetic energy
(3.57)
3.3.3
B
dimensionless constant in Craig and Banner
(1994) model
(3.32)
3.3.2
B 0
vertical flux of buoyancy just below the sea
surface
(2.120) 2.5.4
c
phase speed of wave
(1.105) 1.6.2
c
bubble-free sound speed
(7.8)
7.4.3
c p
phase speed at the spectral peak of wind waves
1.6.6
c p
specific heat capacity of water at constant
pressure
(1.10)
1.2.2
c pr
specific heat of rain water
(1.80)
1.5.4
c pa
specific heat capacity of air at constant pressure (1.35)
1.3.2
C
conductivity of seawater
2.2.1
C
volume concentration of bubbles
(6.10)
6.1.4
C i
concentration of tracer
(1.12)
1.2.2
C w
concentration of tracer in the bulk of water
2.3.2
C 0
surface concentration of tracer
2.3.2
C D
drag coefficient
(1.34)
1.3.2
C E
bulk transfer coefficient for latent heat
(1.36)
1.3.2
C T
bulk transfer coefficient for sensible heat
(1.35)
1.3.2
C u
drag coefficient in the near-surface layer of the
ocean
(4.2)
4.2.1
D r
diameters of dry particles
6.2.4
e(k)
wavenumber spectrum of kinetic energy
(5.2)
5.2
E
evaporation rate
(1.27)
1.3.1