Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 249
... circulation above . The winds in the region of the cold Somali water have a higher consistent velocity over periods of months , than is found anywhere else near the earth's surface , with the possible exception of the southern ocean ...
... circulation above . The winds in the region of the cold Somali water have a higher consistent velocity over periods of months , than is found anywhere else near the earth's surface , with the possible exception of the southern ocean ...
Page 250
... circulation in the equatorial plane with east winds near the surface and west winds in the upper troposphere . A second cell , over the Indian Ocean to the west , produces a circulation in the opposite sense , with a descending branch ...
... circulation in the equatorial plane with east winds near the surface and west winds in the upper troposphere . A second cell , over the Indian Ocean to the west , produces a circulation in the opposite sense , with a descending branch ...
Page 251
... circulation . Consequently , a faster decrease of the easterlies takes place which may ultimately cause them to be replaced by pre- dominantly light variable winds or calm along the equator . The resulting cessation of upwelling permits ...
... circulation . Consequently , a faster decrease of the easterlies takes place which may ultimately cause them to be replaced by pre- dominantly light variable winds or calm along the equator . The resulting cessation of upwelling permits ...
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