Carl Friehe

Research:

Dr. Friehe is interested in fluid mechanics, turbulence, micrometerology, and instrumentation.

His research focuses on turbulence in the atmosphere, particularly that responsible for energy exchanges between the land and ocean, and the overlying atmosphere. Dr. Friehe specializes in geophysical turbulence measurements of wind, temperature, humidity and pressure to parameterize fluxes of heat, water and momentum at the earth's surface. His efforts are aimed at a better understanding of the physics of the marine boundary layer in a wide variety of weather situations. The measurements, which require high fidelity instruments and statistical analysis of large data sets, are usually obtained from specialized experiments on research aircraft, towers, or unique sea-going platforms.

In collaboration with colleagues at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography and other entities around the world, Dr. Friehe currently is involved in two large-scale research endeavors: the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment, a project aimed at understanding the physics of the energy exchanges between the air and ocean; and TOGA/CEPEX, which is focused on analyzing aircraft data from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere/Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment.