Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 85
... larger in turbid waters where solar radiation cannot penetrate deeply . The same applies to shallow lagoons when it is deflected from the bottom . The rate of sensible heating of the oceans by the sun is slow because of their great heat ...
... larger in turbid waters where solar radiation cannot penetrate deeply . The same applies to shallow lagoons when it is deflected from the bottom . The rate of sensible heating of the oceans by the sun is slow because of their great heat ...
Page 90
... larger ( 0.178 ly min - 1 ) . Clouds reduce the net infrared heat loss from the sea surface . A low cloud layer with a thickness of , at most 200 m , can absorb all infrared radiation . The radiation emitted downward from the cloud base ...
... larger ( 0.178 ly min - 1 ) . Clouds reduce the net infrared heat loss from the sea surface . A low cloud layer with a thickness of , at most 200 m , can absorb all infrared radiation . The radiation emitted downward from the cloud base ...
Page 102
... larger than unity . If it were , the horizontal velocity at the wave crest would be larger than the phase speed , and the wave form could then not retain its cohesion but would have to break . The same result follows from a ...
... larger than unity . If it were , the horizontal velocity at the wave crest would be larger than the phase speed , and the wave form could then not retain its cohesion but would have to break . The same result follows from a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 41 |
RADIATION | 71 |
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