Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 15
... Coriolis acceleration fU , ωθ U + v * V * + w * at Lf a az ν D2 Daf L2 * 2 + ... force on the right - hand side of ( 1.39 ) varies then usually between zero ... Coriolis force has no significant influence on the motion pattern ...
... Coriolis acceleration fU , ωθ U + v * V * + w * at Lf a az ν D2 Daf L2 * 2 + ... force on the right - hand side of ( 1.39 ) varies then usually between zero ... Coriolis force has no significant influence on the motion pattern ...
Page 16
... forces is the same in the horizontal as along the vertical and is given by ( 1.36 ) . The scaling factor of the last bracketed term in ( 1.39 ) measures the relative magni- tude of the frictional to the Coriolis force . This ratio is ...
... forces is the same in the horizontal as along the vertical and is given by ( 1.36 ) . The scaling factor of the last bracketed term in ( 1.39 ) measures the relative magni- tude of the frictional to the Coriolis force . This ratio is ...
Page 240
... Coriolis force . The contribution of the combined wind and bottom stress to the water surface slope is divided by the depth and becomes larger as the water becomes shal- lower . The relation is complicated by the fact that the bottom ...
... Coriolis force . The contribution of the combined wind and bottom stress to the water surface slope is divided by the depth and becomes larger as the water becomes shal- lower . The relation is complicated by the fact that the bottom ...
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