Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 140
... wind . The air at any fixed point within the wave zone has a finite momentum which was estimated by the relation ... stress . The rate of working of the wind stress on a water column of unit area can be estimated to be of order W ...
... wind . The air at any fixed point within the wave zone has a finite momentum which was estimated by the relation ... stress . The rate of working of the wind stress on a water column of unit area can be estimated to be of order W ...
Page 233
... wind stress curl to be zero beyond this limit , which is marked by the dashed line in Fig . 7.7 . The length scale at right angles to the storm track is 1 / a1 , while that along the track is five times as long . The pattern is ...
... wind stress curl to be zero beyond this limit , which is marked by the dashed line in Fig . 7.7 . The length scale at right angles to the storm track is 1 / a1 , while that along the track is five times as long . The pattern is ...
Page 245
... wind - stress torque can be balanced locally by the barotropic advection of cyclonic ( positive ) planetary ... wind stress playing a minor or negligible role locally . In the whole remaining width of the ocean , the velocities ...
... wind - stress torque can be balanced locally by the barotropic advection of cyclonic ( positive ) planetary ... wind stress playing a minor or negligible role locally . In the whole remaining width of the ocean , the velocities ...
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