Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 21
... horizontal . If the latter are neglected and if q is assumed to stand for the concentration of water vapour in the air ( specific humidity ) we can write the average of eqn ( 1.10 ) in the form да dq P a да = - dt Əz ρ - б = az Əz ...
... horizontal . If the latter are neglected and if q is assumed to stand for the concentration of water vapour in the air ( specific humidity ) we can write the average of eqn ( 1.10 ) in the form да dq P a да = - dt Əz ρ - б = az Əz ...
Page 134
... horizontal boundary . Gravity and the Coriolis force act on its whole body ; the horizontal pressure gradient acts on its lateral surfaces and friction on its lower boundary . If the depth of the column is decreased , all the forces ...
... horizontal boundary . Gravity and the Coriolis force act on its whole body ; the horizontal pressure gradient acts on its lateral surfaces and friction on its lower boundary . If the depth of the column is decreased , all the forces ...
Page 163
... horizontal flux of horizontal momentum flux through the vertical walls around that area . Similar integral or budget studies can be made for the flux of other properties across the interface . Investigations of this type by Budyko ...
... horizontal flux of horizontal momentum flux through the vertical walls around that area . Similar integral or budget studies can be made for the flux of other properties across the interface . Investigations of this type by Budyko ...
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