Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 77
Page 239
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. response that there is probably no effect if the storm displacement is faster than about 2 m / s ... effects and a possibly non - constant storm translation , the quantitative discussions of these air - sea ...
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. response that there is probably no effect if the storm displacement is faster than about 2 m / s ... effects and a possibly non - constant storm translation , the quantitative discussions of these air - sea ...
Page 240
... effects are taken into account . For practical purposes , it is convenient to parameterize the effect of the wind - driven surface gravity waves . As the waves approach a sloping shore , the radiation stress changes and the resultant ...
... effects are taken into account . For practical purposes , it is convenient to parameterize the effect of the wind - driven surface gravity waves . As the waves approach a sloping shore , the radiation stress changes and the resultant ...
Page 249
... effect of the wind stress , near the coast , was not considered in Lighthill's theory . By contrast , in the classical descriptive explana- tion of coastal upwelling , it is a local wind - stress which drives the surface water away from ...
... effect of the wind stress , near the coast , was not considered in Lighthill's theory . By contrast , in the classical descriptive explana- tion of coastal upwelling , it is a local wind - stress which drives the surface water away from ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 42 |
SURFACE WAVES | 98 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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