Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... parameters . The existence of such a ' dispersion relation ' generally permits us to omit without loss of ... parameter . A relation with locally observable frequencies can be established if the fluctuations are imbedded in ...
... parameters . The existence of such a ' dispersion relation ' generally permits us to omit without loss of ... parameter . A relation with locally observable frequencies can be established if the fluctuations are imbedded in ...
Page 80
... parameter in the characterization of sea states . The Cox and Munk method in particular can be used to specify not only this parameter , but the whole spectrum of wave slopes . The reflectance of the sea surface is influenced also by ...
... parameter in the characterization of sea states . The Cox and Munk method in particular can be used to specify not only this parameter , but the whole spectrum of wave slopes . The reflectance of the sea surface is influenced also by ...
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... parameters . These parameters must be predictable functions of the wind field . including the fetch of the wind and its duration . One commonly used parameter is the total local wave energy or the equivalent surface variance ( 2 which ...
... parameters . These parameters must be predictable functions of the wind field . including the fetch of the wind and its duration . One commonly used parameter is the total local wave energy or the equivalent surface variance ( 2 which ...
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