Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 209
... storm centre . It decreases sharply as the air approaches the eye wall . The resulting convergence of the boundary - layer flow is responsible for the continuing convective activity in the inner rain area of the storm . On the other ...
... storm centre . It decreases sharply as the air approaches the eye wall . The resulting convergence of the boundary - layer flow is responsible for the continuing convective activity in the inner rain area of the storm . On the other ...
Page 233
... storm track is 1 / a1 , while that along the track is five times as long . The pattern is , therefore , fore - shortened , and the spreading angle of the wake wedge is actually even smaller than apparent . It becomes wider if the ...
... storm track is 1 / a1 , while that along the track is five times as long . The pattern is , therefore , fore - shortened , and the spreading angle of the wake wedge is actually even smaller than apparent . It becomes wider if the ...
Page 238
... storm with a diameter of about 2000 km , with maximum wind velocity of 30 m / s and a stress pattern as specified in ( 7.16 ) , which moves with a transla- tion speed U1 = 5 m / s , gives rise to barotropic Rossby waves with a velocity ...
... storm with a diameter of about 2000 km , with maximum wind velocity of 30 m / s and a stress pattern as specified in ( 7.16 ) , which moves with a transla- tion speed U1 = 5 m / s , gives rise to barotropic Rossby waves with a velocity ...
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