Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 51
... moisture content . Molecular transport coefficients The coefficient of diffusion in an ideal gas is proportional to the free path length and therefore inversely proportional to the density . As in the case of the sea , molecular ...
... moisture content . Molecular transport coefficients The coefficient of diffusion in an ideal gas is proportional to the free path length and therefore inversely proportional to the density . As in the case of the sea , molecular ...
Page 137
... moisture flux in the atmosphere is not affected by the horizontal pressure gradient or by the Coriolis force . The constant flux layer for these properties is , therefore , different and often deeper than the constant stress layer . The ...
... moisture flux in the atmosphere is not affected by the horizontal pressure gradient or by the Coriolis force . The constant flux layer for these properties is , therefore , different and often deeper than the constant stress layer . The ...
Page 150
... moisture flux In analogy to ( 5.30 ) , we can specify the non - dimensional temperature and moisture gradients in the form ки * 2рср эт H дг кир да Q Əz = = SH So ( ) ( 5.43 ) ( 5.44 ) Expressions analogous to ( 5.31 ) and ( 5.32 ) ...
... moisture flux In analogy to ( 5.30 ) , we can specify the non - dimensional temperature and moisture gradients in the form ки * 2рср эт H дг кир да Q Əz = = SH So ( ) ( 5.43 ) ( 5.44 ) Expressions analogous to ( 5.31 ) and ( 5.32 ) ...
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