Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 72
... radiation that leaves a unit surface instead of that which impinges on it . Formally , emittance and irradiance are identical concepts . In meteorology they are specified usually in langleys per minute ( 1 ly min - 1 = 1 cal cm - 2 min ...
... radiation that leaves a unit surface instead of that which impinges on it . Formally , emittance and irradiance are identical concepts . In meteorology they are specified usually in langleys per minute ( 1 ly min - 1 = 1 cal cm - 2 min ...
Page 76
... radiation by the same amount of material at the same wavelength , in the same direction , is equal to the product of the fractional absorption with the black - body radiation intensity . We are now in a position to specify the change of ...
... radiation by the same amount of material at the same wavelength , in the same direction , is equal to the product of the fractional absorption with the black - body radiation intensity . We are now in a position to specify the change of ...
Page 90
... radiation . The radiation emitted downward from the cloud base in this case is equal to black - body radiation . This makes it much larger than the downward radiation flux from a clear sky . Clouds in the direction of specular ...
... radiation . The radiation emitted downward from the cloud base in this case is equal to black - body radiation . This makes it much larger than the downward radiation flux from a clear sky . Clouds in the direction of specular ...
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