Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... scale L / U , which measures approximately the time needed for a motion pattern of horizontal scale L to be advected past a fixed observation point . The time needed for viscous effects to penetrate the depth D is of order D2 / v and ...
... scale L / U , which measures approximately the time needed for a motion pattern of horizontal scale L to be advected past a fixed observation point . The time needed for viscous effects to penetrate the depth D is of order D2 / v and ...
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Eric Bradshaw Kraus. When the perturbation time - scale is short compared to both the advective and the viscous time scale , and when the resulting acceler- ations are equal to the reduced gravity we have , from the first bracketed term ...
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. When the perturbation time - scale is short compared to both the advective and the viscous time scale , and when the resulting acceler- ations are equal to the reduced gravity we have , from the first bracketed term ...
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... scale which is of the same order as the advective time scale w ~ L / U is typical for synoptic scale perturbations in the atmosphere . These perturbations are characterized by Ro < 1 and Re⇒ 1. They cannot cause large departure from ...
... scale which is of the same order as the advective time scale w ~ L / U is typical for synoptic scale perturbations in the atmosphere . These perturbations are characterized by Ro < 1 and Re⇒ 1. They cannot cause large departure from ...
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