naa a22 4500 510754767 CHVBK 20180411083118.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13131-013-0372-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13131-013-0372-7 Rainfall effect on wind waves and the turbulence beneath air-sea interface [Elektronische Daten] [Dongliang Zhao, Xin Ma, Bin Liu, Lian Xie] Rainfall effects on wind waves and turbulence are investigated through the laboratory experiments in a large wind-wave tank. It is found that the wind waves are damped as a whole at low wind speeds, but are enhanced at high wind speeds. This dual effect of rain on the wind waves increases with the increase of rain rate, while the influence of rainfall-area length is not observable. At the low wind speed, the corresponding turbulence in terms of the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation rate is significantly enhanced by rainfall as the waves are damped severely. At the high wind speed, the augment of the TKE dissipation rate is suppressed while the wind waves are enhanced simultaneously. In the field, however, rainfall usually hinders the development of waves. In order to explain this contradiction of rainfall effect on waves, a possibility about energy transfer from turbulence to waves in case of the spectral peak of waves overlapping the inertial subrange of turbulence is assumed. It can be applied to interpret the damping phenomenon of gas transfer velocity in the laboratory experiments, and the variation of the TKE dissipation rates near sea surface compared with the law of wall. The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 rainfall nationallicence wind wave nationallicence wave age nationallicence turbulence nationallicence turbulent kinetic energy nationallicence Zhao Dongliang Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, 266100, Qingdao, China aut Ma Xin Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, 266100, Qingdao, China aut Liu Bin Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 27695-8208, Raleigh, USA aut Xie Lian Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 27695-8208, Raleigh, USA aut Acta Oceanologica Sinica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 32/11(2013-11-01), 10-20 0253-505X 32:11<10 2013 32 13131 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0372-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0372-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhao Dongliang Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, 266100, Qingdao, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ma Xin Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, 266100, Qingdao, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Bin Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 27695-8208, Raleigh, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xie Lian Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 27695-8208, Raleigh, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Oceanologica Sinica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 32/11(2013-11-01), 10-20 0253-505X 32:11<10 2013 32 13131 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer