Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 35
... number of waves that pass a fixed observer in 27 units of time is specified by the dispersion relation ∞ = w ( k , ) . The factor exp ( -iwt ) can be considered part of the Fourier amplitude in the wave number domain . In the absence ...
... number of waves that pass a fixed observer in 27 units of time is specified by the dispersion relation ∞ = w ( k , ) . The factor exp ( -iwt ) can be considered part of the Fourier amplitude in the wave number domain . In the absence ...
Page 103
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. The full velocity field involves a large or infinite number of Fourier wave - number constituents which can build up to relatively steep slopes even if the maximum slope associated with each of the individual ...
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. The full velocity field involves a large or infinite number of Fourier wave - number constituents which can build up to relatively steep slopes even if the maximum slope associated with each of the individual ...
Page 117
... wavelength or wave number , because the larger eddies occur commonly at higher elevation where the wind is faster . Gilchrist ( 1966 ) assumed Up to be equal to the wind at a height of quarter of a wavelength ( 2 / 4π / 2k ) above the ...
... wavelength or wave number , because the larger eddies occur commonly at higher elevation where the wind is faster . Gilchrist ( 1966 ) assumed Up to be equal to the wind at a height of quarter of a wavelength ( 2 / 4π / 2k ) above the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 41 |
RADIATION | 71 |
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