Laboratory of Air-Sea Interaction

IAG/USP

Laboratório de Interação Ar-Mar (LIAM)

Principal investigator: Jacyra Soares, PhD

The transfer of energy, mass and momentum between different surfaces (ocean, ice, sand, etc) and the atmosphere occurs through the vertical turbulent fluxes and it is an important aspect of possible climate change that the planet is suffering. These fluxes provide the coupling between, for instance, the ocean and atmosphere representing thus a key process in the climate system. Besides climate change, the knowledge of the turbulent exchange over different surfaces is crucial to:

  1. Diagnostic and prognostic studies applied to numerical weather forecasting,
  2. Environmental assessment using operational dispersion models of atmosphere and ocean,
  3. Oceanographic investigations,
  4. Biogeochemical studies,
  5. Wave forecasting models,
  6. Maritime engineering, etc.

The main activities carried out at LIAM are focused on observational and numerical investigations of physical phenomena related to atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers.

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News:

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