The wind fetch effect is important to wind erosion and aeolian transport and controls aeolian flux.It is useful to study the wind fetch effect in determining the aeolian transport mechanism and improving our knowledge...The wind fetch effect is important to wind erosion and aeolian transport and controls aeolian flux.It is useful to study the wind fetch effect in determining the aeolian transport mechanism and improving our knowledge of aeolian physics and wind erosion.In this paper,multichannel samplers measure aeolian transport at different heights above an artificial Gobi surface in the southeastern region of the Tengger Desert.The results show that aeolian transport flux can be expressed as an exponential function of height.Wind fetch obviously affects aeolian flux and aeolian transport.The coefficients and relative decay rate of aeolian flux decrease and then increase with increasing wind fetch distance.Aeolian transport depends on the height and fetch distance;aeolian transport increases and then decreases with increasing fetch distance,reaching a maximum at a fetch distance of about 34 m at the very near surface.The fetch distance of maximum aeolian transport tends to increase with height.展开更多
Wind input parameterizations proposed by Jeffreys, Sverdrup and Munk, and Plant are analyzed. It is found by analogy that the similarity of integrals of the three wind input parameterizations exists. Wave breaking dis...Wind input parameterizations proposed by Jeffreys, Sverdrup and Munk, and Plant are analyzed. It is found by analogy that the similarity of integrals of the three wind input parameterizations exists. Wave breaking dissipation parameterizations proposed by Tsikunov, Hasselmann, and Phillips are also analyzed. Likewise it is found by analogy that the similarity of integrals of the three dissipation parameterizations exists. The similarities of wind input and dissipation are applied to the investigation of the fetch-limited growth of wind waves, together with the 3/2 power law presented by Toba. Some semi-empirical formulas concerning the growth of wave height and period with fetch are presented. The results from the formulas are in good agreement with previous field observations.展开更多
Using the limit surface slope as a criterion of wave breaking, a simple model for estimating the spatial fraction of breaking surface of sea at an instant, which is regarded as the whitecap coverge in this paper, is a...Using the limit surface slope as a criterion of wave breaking, a simple model for estimating the spatial fraction of breaking surface of sea at an instant, which is regarded as the whitecap coverge in this paper, is analytically derived from the probability density of surface slope based on Gaussian statistics. The resulting fraction is found depending on the fourth moment of wave spectum, m(4), as well as the critical threshold of surface slope. By expressing the fourth moment in terms of the Neumann spectrum, a formula linking the fraction and wind speed for fully developed sea states is obtianed. Another formula relating the fraction to both wind speed and fetch (or duration) is achieved by expressing m, in terms of the Krylov spectrum and applying the empirical relationships used in the SMB ocean wave predicting technique. A comparison between these results and the field data of whitecap coverage collected by Monahan and O'Muircheartuigh shows an encouraging agreement.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.41101007,41130533 and 41171010)
文摘The wind fetch effect is important to wind erosion and aeolian transport and controls aeolian flux.It is useful to study the wind fetch effect in determining the aeolian transport mechanism and improving our knowledge of aeolian physics and wind erosion.In this paper,multichannel samplers measure aeolian transport at different heights above an artificial Gobi surface in the southeastern region of the Tengger Desert.The results show that aeolian transport flux can be expressed as an exponential function of height.Wind fetch obviously affects aeolian flux and aeolian transport.The coefficients and relative decay rate of aeolian flux decrease and then increase with increasing wind fetch distance.Aeolian transport depends on the height and fetch distance;aeolian transport increases and then decreases with increasing fetch distance,reaching a maximum at a fetch distance of about 34 m at the very near surface.The fetch distance of maximum aeolian transport tends to increase with height.
文摘Wind input parameterizations proposed by Jeffreys, Sverdrup and Munk, and Plant are analyzed. It is found by analogy that the similarity of integrals of the three wind input parameterizations exists. Wave breaking dissipation parameterizations proposed by Tsikunov, Hasselmann, and Phillips are also analyzed. Likewise it is found by analogy that the similarity of integrals of the three dissipation parameterizations exists. The similarities of wind input and dissipation are applied to the investigation of the fetch-limited growth of wind waves, together with the 3/2 power law presented by Toba. Some semi-empirical formulas concerning the growth of wave height and period with fetch are presented. The results from the formulas are in good agreement with previous field observations.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Science Foundation of China(No.49476270,49706067)
文摘Using the limit surface slope as a criterion of wave breaking, a simple model for estimating the spatial fraction of breaking surface of sea at an instant, which is regarded as the whitecap coverge in this paper, is analytically derived from the probability density of surface slope based on Gaussian statistics. The resulting fraction is found depending on the fourth moment of wave spectum, m(4), as well as the critical threshold of surface slope. By expressing the fourth moment in terms of the Neumann spectrum, a formula linking the fraction and wind speed for fully developed sea states is obtianed. Another formula relating the fraction to both wind speed and fetch (or duration) is achieved by expressing m, in terms of the Krylov spectrum and applying the empirical relationships used in the SMB ocean wave predicting technique. A comparison between these results and the field data of whitecap coverage collected by Monahan and O'Muircheartuigh shows an encouraging agreement.
