Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... flux is much larger than the molecular diffusion . Like the latter , it can transfer matter when the mean mass flux pV ; is zero or has a quite different direction . Near the sea surface , vertical variations are much more pronounced ...
... flux is much larger than the molecular diffusion . Like the latter , it can transfer matter when the mean mass flux pV ; is zero or has a quite different direction . Near the sea surface , vertical variations are much more pronounced ...
Page 134
... flux layer THE development of boundary layer theory can be traced back to two papers . One , read by Prandtl in 1905 ... flux of other properties . A flux of moisture from the sea into the atmosphere cannot be absorbed within a ...
... flux layer THE development of boundary layer theory can be traced back to two papers . One , read by Prandtl in 1905 ... flux of other properties . A flux of moisture from the sea into the atmosphere cannot be absorbed within a ...
Page 149
... flux of sensible heat and water vapour H = pcpTw ' pq'w ' ( calories per unit area per unit time ) , Q = ( 5.39 ) ( mass of water per unit area per unit time ) . ( 5.40 ) The moisture flux Q through the constant flux layer is equal ...
... flux of sensible heat and water vapour H = pcpTw ' pq'w ' ( calories per unit area per unit time ) , Q = ( 5.39 ) ( mass of water per unit area per unit time ) . ( 5.40 ) The moisture flux Q through the constant flux layer is equal ...
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