Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 138
... region may not ' know ' what happens in the immediate vicinity of the boundary . The two regions can overlap . Consider the flow of a real fluid over a smooth rigid surface . If the x axis is chosen parallel to the velocity ( U IVI ) ...
... region may not ' know ' what happens in the immediate vicinity of the boundary . The two regions can overlap . Consider the flow of a real fluid over a smooth rigid surface . If the x axis is chosen parallel to the velocity ( U IVI ) ...
Page 167
... region in which the convergence of the vertical flux of momentum is of the same order as the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient . The definition favoured in this chapter is somewhat wider and includes the regions on both sides of ...
... region in which the convergence of the vertical flux of momentum is of the same order as the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient . The definition favoured in this chapter is somewhat wider and includes the regions on both sides of ...
Page 184
... region near the boundary cannot be modelled by the same length scale that charac- terizes the major features of the planetary boundary region . Scaling the inner constant stress layer by the roughness length z 。 and the main part 20 of ...
... region near the boundary cannot be modelled by the same length scale that charac- terizes the major features of the planetary boundary region . Scaling the inner constant stress layer by the roughness length z 。 and the main part 20 of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 41 |
RADIATION | 71 |
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