Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 98
... constant in a statistically stationary and homogeneous wavefield . The present section deals with an ideal pattern of infinitesimal , long - crested , phase - coherent waves . Though never realized exactly in nature , this can provide ...
... constant in a statistically stationary and homogeneous wavefield . The present section deals with an ideal pattern of infinitesimal , long - crested , phase - coherent waves . Though never realized exactly in nature , this can provide ...
Page 137
... constant stress layer . The depth of the constant heat and moisture flux layer can be characterized approximately by the relation ( 5.6 ) if the local changes are due simply to the horizontal advection by the mean horizontal motion ...
... constant stress layer . The depth of the constant heat and moisture flux layer can be characterized approximately by the relation ( 5.6 ) if the local changes are due simply to the horizontal advection by the mean horizontal motion ...
Page 138
... constant - И дг K * ( 5.12 ) K The dimensionless proportionality constant κ is known as von Kármán's constant . Integration of ( 5.12 ) yields the familiar logarithmic law U 1 = - In z + const . U K * ( 5.13 ' ) At the level z 8 , the ...
... constant - И дг K * ( 5.12 ) K The dimensionless proportionality constant κ is known as von Kármán's constant . Integration of ( 5.12 ) yields the familiar logarithmic law U 1 = - In z + const . U K * ( 5.13 ' ) At the level z 8 , the ...
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