Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... barotropic mode = 0 ) is independent of height and attributable to pressure gradients which are a function of the sea surface slope . To order of the Boussinesq approximation ( 8 0 = д pvo ≈ Po дг avo дг Vpógp V≈ gpo Vs. ( 7.3 ) The ...
... barotropic mode = 0 ) is independent of height and attributable to pressure gradients which are a function of the sea surface slope . To order of the Boussinesq approximation ( 8 0 = д pvo ≈ Po дг avo дг Vpógp V≈ gpo Vs. ( 7.3 ) The ...
Page 238
... barotropic Rossby waves with a velocity amplitude which was calculated to be less than 10 cm s − 1 . The velocity amplitude of the baroclinic waves was found to remain altogether negligible . The baroclinic response increases with ...
... barotropic Rossby waves with a velocity amplitude which was calculated to be less than 10 cm s − 1 . The velocity amplitude of the baroclinic waves was found to remain altogether negligible . The baroclinic response increases with ...
Page 247
... barotropic Rossby waves from the middle of the ocean to reach and affect the western boundary current . The resultant changes in barotropic current velocity may conceivably affect the 17 87.5 247 THREE - DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIONS.
... barotropic Rossby waves from the middle of the ocean to reach and affect the western boundary current . The resultant changes in barotropic current velocity may conceivably affect the 17 87.5 247 THREE - DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIONS.
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 41 |
RADIATION | 71 |
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