Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Eric Bradshaw Kraus. 1.3 . The conservation of momentum Being a three - dimensional vector , momentum requires three equa- tions for its specification . The derivation of these equations of motion is treated in textbooks of hydrodynamics ...
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. 1.3 . The conservation of momentum Being a three - dimensional vector , momentum requires three equa- tions for its specification . The derivation of these equations of motion is treated in textbooks of hydrodynamics ...
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... momentum The energy of waves is proportional to the square of the amplitude , and the same applies to the wave momentum . Both are , therefore , second order quantities when the wave slope | Ak | < 1 . This does not mean that they ...
... momentum The energy of waves is proportional to the square of the amplitude , and the same applies to the wave momentum . Both are , therefore , second order quantities when the wave slope | Ak | < 1 . This does not mean that they ...
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... momentum of a ' monochromatic ' wave train in this view is given simply by the slugs of water above the trough level which obviously move forward with the phase velocity . The air above the wave also has a forward momentum Pa M2 = Σ ...
... momentum of a ' monochromatic ' wave train in this view is given simply by the slugs of water above the trough level which obviously move forward with the phase velocity . The air above the wave also has a forward momentum Pa M2 = Σ ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 42 |
SURFACE WAVES | 98 |
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