Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... dissipation will be associated mainly with the higher harmonics , or in a physical sense with the smaller eddies ... dissipation occurs is illustrated by Fig . 1.1 , which is based on observations by Grant , Stewart , and 12 10 6 ...
... dissipation will be associated mainly with the higher harmonics , or in a physical sense with the smaller eddies ... dissipation occurs is illustrated by Fig . 1.1 , which is based on observations by Grant , Stewart , and 12 10 6 ...
Page 112
... dissipation Energy dissipation near the sea surface occurs mainly in white - caps and breaking seas . In linear surface gravity waves viscosity acts very slowly . It is discussed here mainly for academic interest , because a major part ...
... dissipation Energy dissipation near the sea surface occurs mainly in white - caps and breaking seas . In linear surface gravity waves viscosity acts very slowly . It is discussed here mainly for academic interest , because a major part ...
Page 113
... dissipation . Particularly , the relatively short waves can be suppressed entirely by the viscous drag of chains of water molecules , bonded to the molecules of absorbed films or slicks ( Garrett 1965 ) . An analysis of this effect of ...
... dissipation . Particularly , the relatively short waves can be suppressed entirely by the viscous drag of chains of water molecules , bonded to the molecules of absorbed films or slicks ( Garrett 1965 ) . An analysis of this effect of ...
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