Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... eddy transports parametrically as functions of the averaged or bulk variables which are measured routinely . This has been done in the past by the introduction of empirically estimated coefficients of eddy transport defined by ат _KH z ...
... eddy transports parametrically as functions of the averaged or bulk variables which are measured routinely . This has been done in the past by the introduction of empirically estimated coefficients of eddy transport defined by ат _KH z ...
Page 146
... eddy viscosity cannot depend directly on the density stratification ; above the highest critical level , they cannot be affected directly by wave growth . This permits us to treat the effect of the two mechanisms on the energy balance ...
... eddy viscosity cannot depend directly on the density stratification ; above the highest critical level , they cannot be affected directly by wave growth . This permits us to treat the effect of the two mechanisms on the energy balance ...
Page 183
... eddy viscosity de- creases rapidly with height - in qualitative agreement with the laminar model . Bobyleva , Zilitinkevich , and Leichmann ( 1965 ) assumed that the = C1 , Kн / bz = C2 , Kobz = Cg ratios K | bz H were all different ...
... eddy viscosity de- creases rapidly with height - in qualitative agreement with the laminar model . Bobyleva , Zilitinkevich , and Leichmann ( 1965 ) assumed that the = C1 , Kн / bz = C2 , Kobz = Cg ratios K | bz H were all different ...
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