Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 138
... region may not ' know ' what happens in the immediate vicinity of the boundary . The two regions can overlap . Consider the flow of a real fluid over a smooth rigid surface . If the x axis is chosen parallel to the velocity ( U = | V ...
... region may not ' know ' what happens in the immediate vicinity of the boundary . The two regions can overlap . Consider the flow of a real fluid over a smooth rigid surface . If the x axis is chosen parallel to the velocity ( U = | V ...
Page 167
... region in which the convergence of the vertical flux of momentum is of the same order as the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient . The definition favoured in this chapter is somewhat wider and includes the regions on both sides of ...
... region in which the convergence of the vertical flux of momentum is of the same order as the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient . The definition favoured in this chapter is somewhat wider and includes the regions on both sides of ...
Page 207
... region . At this stage , the energy for the maintenance of the perturbation has to be derived from the large - scale flow . The system begins to become locally unstable only when air from the surface mixed layer has been lifted well ...
... region . At this stage , the energy for the maintenance of the perturbation has to be derived from the large - scale flow . The system begins to become locally unstable only when air from the surface mixed layer has been lifted well ...
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