Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 58
... surface tension of sea water is therefore slightly greater than that of fresh water at the same temperature . Fleming and Revelle ( 1939 ) suggest an empirical expression of the form : 75.63-0.144T + 0.2218 , y ( sea water ) = where T ...
... surface tension of sea water is therefore slightly greater than that of fresh water at the same temperature . Fleming and Revelle ( 1939 ) suggest an empirical expression of the form : 75.63-0.144T + 0.2218 , y ( sea water ) = where T ...
Page 90
... 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 ... sea surface 90 § 3.4 RADIATION Empirical formulas for radiation at the sea surface.
... 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 ... sea surface 90 § 3.4 RADIATION Empirical formulas for radiation at the sea surface.
Page 203
... sea - surface temperature variations are relatively large in summer because that is the season when the surface mixed layer has the smallest depth . The same reasons explain an increase of the oceanic influence on flux variability with ...
... sea - surface temperature variations are relatively large in summer because that is the season when the surface mixed layer has the smallest depth . The same reasons explain an increase of the oceanic influence on flux variability with ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 41 |
RADIATION | 71 |
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