Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... diffusion equation in a moving fluid . It contains the implicit assumptions that the density is not changed by the diffusion process and that changes in the concentration of one constituent do not affect the other concentrations . This ...
... diffusion equation in a moving fluid . It contains the implicit assumptions that the density is not changed by the diffusion process and that changes in the concentration of one constituent do not affect the other concentrations . This ...
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... diffusion through the molecular layers on either side of the interface . From the numbers in Tables 2.3 and 2.4 , it can be seen immediately that this diffusion velocity is very much smaller in the water than in the air . Comparing the ...
... diffusion through the molecular layers on either side of the interface . From the numbers in Tables 2.3 and 2.4 , it can be seen immediately that this diffusion velocity is very much smaller in the water than in the air . Comparing the ...
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... diffusion of CO , from the interface into the ocean . Kanwisher's results suggest sublayer depths between 0.001 and 0.02 cm for CO2 diffusion in normal oceanic conditions , with values up to 0.1 cm when the sea is calm . This is in ...
... diffusion of CO , from the interface into the ocean . Kanwisher's results suggest sublayer depths between 0.001 and 0.02 cm for CO2 diffusion in normal oceanic conditions , with values up to 0.1 cm when the sea is calm . This is in ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 41 |
RADIATION | 71 |
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advection air-sea amplitude angle approximately atmosphere average baroclinic barotropic bubbles cause changes circulation cloud components constant convection convergence Coriolis force decrease denotes diffusion direction dissipation drag coefficient eddy effect Ekman layer equation equilibrium expression flow fluctuations fluid flux Fourier frequency friction function geostrophic gravity waves group velocity height horizontal hurricane increase inertial integral interaction interface kinetic energy larger latitude linear mean mixed layer moisture molecular momentum motion observations ocean parameter perturbations phase velocity planetary boundary layer potential temperature processes propagation radiance ratio region relatively represents resulting Reynolds number Reynolds stress Rossby waves salinity scale sea surface sea water sensible heat shear specific humidity specified spectral spectrum storm term thermocline transport tropical turbulent unstable upwelling vapour pressure variable variations vector vertical viscosity vorticity wave number wavelength wind stress wind velocity yields zero дх