Abstract
This study presents a method that can directly determine the boundary-layer fluxes of heat and momentum, as well as both extrapolated wind and temperature profiles to the surface of a water body. The only input information that is required is a single level of wind and temperature in addition to the water surface skin temperature. The present study features a method that enables one to determine boundary-layer flux parameters directly without having to resort to the use of tabulations or nomograms. Therefore, the present method can be a valuable tool in many practical applications especially for marine boundary layer studies using buoy data as input. In essence, the present method determines the Monin-Obukhov length directly from the bulk Richardson number instead of indirectly through nomograms or being considered as a known input. Thus, the present method is an improvement over the conventional bulk method. Results of the present study agree well with those that appear in the literature.
