Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 21
... variations are much more pronounced than variations along the horizontal . If the latter are neglected and if q is assumed to stand for the concentration of water vapour in the air ( specific humidity ) we can write the average of eqn ...
... variations are much more pronounced than variations along the horizontal . If the latter are neglected and if q is assumed to stand for the concentration of water vapour in the air ( specific humidity ) we can write the average of eqn ...
Page 203
... variations become more important over longer periods . This can be seen on the diagrams on the right - hand side of Fig . 7.1 , though the large difference between conditions in different calendar months suggests that the record period ...
... variations become more important over longer periods . This can be seen on the diagrams on the right - hand side of Fig . 7.1 , though the large difference between conditions in different calendar months suggests that the record period ...
Page 209
... variations . An assumed variation of the eddy viscosity with the gradient wind velocity appeared to give the most realistic results . Such a variation would be in agreement with the similarity expression ( 6.21 ) . The sensitivity of ...
... variations . An assumed variation of the eddy viscosity with the gradient wind velocity appeared to give the most realistic results . Such a variation would be in agreement with the similarity expression ( 6.21 ) . The sensitivity of ...
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