Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 68
... increases the salinity and there fore the density of the surrounding waters , which helps to maintain convection ... increase the friction on sled runners or skis . The poor conductivity of ice slows the freezing rate at the bottom ...
... increases the salinity and there fore the density of the surrounding waters , which helps to maintain convection ... increase the friction on sled runners or skis . The poor conductivity of ice slows the freezing rate at the bottom ...
Page 78
... increases with the sun's zenith distance from 16 per cent when the height of the sun is 60 ° to about 37 per cent ... increase the light scattered down vertically . All these effects are illustrated in Fig . 3.1 . When the sea is ...
... increases with the sun's zenith distance from 16 per cent when the height of the sun is 60 ° to about 37 per cent ... increase the light scattered down vertically . All these effects are illustrated in Fig . 3.1 . When the sea is ...
Page 87
... increase of r , as one looks out more horizontally , was illustrated by Fig . 3.1 . On the other hand , & decreases ... increases . Near the horizon , however , the opposite holds . The sky radiance reflected into the line of sight ...
... increase of r , as one looks out more horizontally , was illustrated by Fig . 3.1 . On the other hand , & decreases ... increases . Near the horizon , however , the opposite holds . The sky radiance reflected into the line of sight ...
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