Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... tends to occur where the specific concentration decreases with height because the downward radiance J also decreases rapidly in these circumstances . In the troposphere , this role is played by the specific humidity . Typically ...
... tends to occur where the specific concentration decreases with height because the downward radiance J also decreases rapidly in these circumstances . In the troposphere , this role is played by the specific humidity . Typically ...
Page 142
... tend to distribute the momentum in a way which is very different from the initial Lagrangian drift velocity ... tends to make the distribution more uniform . It is the normal development when a single property is involved . In a ...
... tend to distribute the momentum in a way which is very different from the initial Lagrangian drift velocity ... tends to make the distribution more uniform . It is the normal development when a single property is involved . In a ...
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... tends to be about 8 ° C below its latitudinal mean . A tongue of abnormally cold surface water usually extends from there westwards along the equator for a distance of some hundred degrees of longitude or well over 10 000 km . The width ...
... tends to be about 8 ° C below its latitudinal mean . A tongue of abnormally cold surface water usually extends from there westwards along the equator for a distance of some hundred degrees of longitude or well over 10 000 km . The width ...
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