Evaluation and continued improvements to the TOGA COARE 3.0 algorithm using CBLAST data

An unprecedented data set was collected on both sides of the air-sea interface during CBLAST Low and Hurricane programs. These measurements are being used to investigate the processes that govern the exchange of momentum, heat, and mass across the CBLs. To date, we have focused our investigations on the traditional analysis of flux-profile relationship using MO similarity. However, these results have shown that there are significant differences between relationships developed over land versus those developed over the ocean. For example, we have already begun to shed light the physical processes governing, e.g., fog formation and stress swell interactions in low to moderate winds through a combination of process studies, numerical simulations, and mesoscale models.