Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 198
... depth . In reality , this depth is time - dependent , and it must be a func- tion of the heat flow as well as other variables . An attempt to combine the two approaches was made by ... layer wind 198 THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER § 6.4.
... depth . In reality , this depth is time - dependent , and it must be a func- tion of the heat flow as well as other variables . An attempt to combine the two approaches was made by ... layer wind 198 THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER § 6.4.
Page 199
... layer to become deeper because of the enhanced generation of turbulent energy . This causes additional entrainment ... depth . For the same reason , the amount of moisture which is carried by ageostrophic , radial wind components in a well - ...
... layer to become deeper because of the enhanced generation of turbulent energy . This causes additional entrainment ... depth . For the same reason , the amount of moisture which is carried by ageostrophic , radial wind components in a well - ...
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... depth which is significantly greater than the mixed layer depth , the baroclinic compensation is likely to be concentrated in the region above . A reasonably realistic ocean model involves in this case a three - layer structure , albeit ...
... depth which is significantly greater than the mixed layer depth , the baroclinic compensation is likely to be concentrated in the region above . A reasonably realistic ocean model involves in this case a three - layer structure , albeit ...
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