Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 37
... amplitude retains its Gaussian shape , but the imaginary part of o ' introduces a variable phase into the oscillation and the half - width of the packet is increased from 2ơ to 20 ' = = 20 { 1 1+ 1 t d2w \ 2 2 20 k2 which shows that the ...
... amplitude retains its Gaussian shape , but the imaginary part of o ' introduces a variable phase into the oscillation and the half - width of the packet is increased from 2ơ to 20 ' = = 20 { 1 1+ 1 t d2w \ 2 2 20 k2 which shows that the ...
Page 111
... amplitude . On the other hand , the random part is not functionally related to the wave field . The whole pressure field along the surface can be represented without loss of generality by a Fourier series of the form Pr - Po { II ( k ...
... amplitude . On the other hand , the random part is not functionally related to the wave field . The whole pressure field along the surface can be represented without loss of generality by a Fourier series of the form Pr - Po { II ( k ...
Page 238
... amplitude of order 1.0 cm s in preference to barotropic waves , the velocity amplitude of which is then only about 0.1 cm s - 1 . From the last two sub - sections , it can be concluded that the ocean tends to respond to fast - moving ...
... amplitude of order 1.0 cm s in preference to barotropic waves , the velocity amplitude of which is then only about 0.1 cm s - 1 . From the last two sub - sections , it can be concluded that the ocean tends to respond to fast - moving ...
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