Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 54
... Brunt - Väisälä frequency ( eqn ( 1.46 ) ) is imaginary in that case ( N2 < 0 ) . Although relatively large pressure changes may be experienced by an air parcel that spirals in horizontally towards the centre of a hurricane or a tornado ...
... Brunt - Väisälä frequency ( eqn ( 1.46 ) ) is imaginary in that case ( N2 < 0 ) . Although relatively large pressure changes may be experienced by an air parcel that spirals in horizontally towards the centre of a hurricane or a tornado ...
Page 197
... Brunt - Väisälä frequency ( 1.46 ' ) of the initial state . Equation ( 6.32 ) shows that the layer continues to deepen at a rate which decreases with the inverse square of the depth . Integration yields h - ( 15ut / N2 + const ...
... Brunt - Väisälä frequency ( 1.46 ' ) of the initial state . Equation ( 6.32 ) shows that the layer continues to deepen at a rate which decreases with the inverse square of the depth . Integration yields h - ( 15ut / N2 + const ...
Page 273
... Brunt - Vaisala frequency , 18 , 39f . , 54 , 159 , 160 , 197 , 217 , 227 Bubbles , 60f . , 70 , 80 Bubble spectrum , 64 , 67 Bulk aerodynamic formulas , 152 Buoyancy , 11 , 18 , 20 , 151 , 179 Carbon dioxide , 48 , 49 , 56 , 60 , 253 ...
... Brunt - Vaisala frequency , 18 , 39f . , 54 , 159 , 160 , 197 , 217 , 227 Bubbles , 60f . , 70 , 80 Bubble spectrum , 64 , 67 Bulk aerodynamic formulas , 152 Buoyancy , 11 , 18 , 20 , 151 , 179 Carbon dioxide , 48 , 49 , 56 , 60 , 253 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 42 |
SURFACE WAVES | 98 |
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advection air-sea amplitude angle approximately atmosphere baroclinic barotropic Brunt-Väisälä frequency bubbles cause changes circulation cloud components constant convection convergence Coriolis force Coriolis parameter cyclonic decrease density anomaly direction dissipation drag coefficient eddy effect Ekman layer equation expression flow fluctuations fluid flux frequency friction function geostrophic gravity waves group velocity height horizontal hurricane increase inertial infrared instability integral interactions interface inversion ITCZ latitude layer depth mean meridional mixed layer moisture molecular momentum motion observations ocean oscillations parameter perturbations phase phase velocity planetary boundary layer potential temperature pressure gradient processes propagation radiance radiation ratio region relatively represents resulting Reynolds number Reynolds stress Rossby waves scale sea surface sea-surface temperature shear specified spectrum storm surface temperature term thermocline transport tropical turbulent upwelling variable variations vector vertical viscosity vorticity wave number wavelength wind stress wind velocity zero zonal дх