Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... motion has been reviewed in detail by N. A. Phillips ( 1963 ) . In the special case of a fluid of limited depth which moves with a vertically uniform velocity , we can use the relation ( 1.19 ) to express eqn ( 1.24 ) in the form д + ...
... motion has been reviewed in detail by N. A. Phillips ( 1963 ) . In the special case of a fluid of limited depth which moves with a vertically uniform velocity , we can use the relation ( 1.19 ) to express eqn ( 1.24 ) in the form д + ...
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... motion significantly if that ratio is at least one order larger than unity . In small - scale isotropic motion pattern D / L 1. Viscous forces can then be neglected compared to inertial forces if Re 1 as stated above . On the other hand ...
... motion significantly if that ratio is at least one order larger than unity . In small - scale isotropic motion pattern D / L 1. Viscous forces can then be neglected compared to inertial forces if Re 1 as stated above . On the other hand ...
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... motion is geostrophic . It does not usually exceed unity because it is very rare for the actual wind to be either opposed or to be twice as large as the geostrophic wind . Any finite value has to be balanced by one or several of the ...
... motion is geostrophic . It does not usually exceed unity because it is very rare for the actual wind to be either opposed or to be twice as large as the geostrophic wind . Any finite value has to be balanced by one or several of the ...
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