Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 83
... convergence in Crater Lake by Smith ( 1967 ) , carried out in clear calm weather with a surface irradiance of 0.5 ly min - 1 , indicated a specific heating which when averaged over the top 10 m , was less than 2 × 10-4 cal cm - 3 min ...
... convergence in Crater Lake by Smith ( 1967 ) , carried out in clear calm weather with a surface irradiance of 0.5 ly min - 1 , indicated a specific heating which when averaged over the top 10 m , was less than 2 × 10-4 cal cm - 3 min ...
Page 115
... convergence— the wavelength decreases and the crests come close together , ( ii ) the physical convergence of the horizontal energy flux caused by the reduction of the group velocity , and ( iii ) the work of the radiation stress . The ...
... convergence— the wavelength decreases and the crests come close together , ( ii ) the physical convergence of the horizontal energy flux caused by the reduction of the group velocity , and ( iii ) the work of the radiation stress . The ...
Page 227
... convergence below . The resultant stretching of the vertical vortex lines in the interior of the ocean induce there a relative cyclonic acceleration . Being driven by pressure gradients , the interior convergence initially tends to be ...
... convergence below . The resultant stretching of the vertical vortex lines in the interior of the ocean induce there a relative cyclonic acceleration . Being driven by pressure gradients , the interior convergence initially tends to be ...
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