Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 179
... resulting radiation of energy may have significant effects on turbulence in the interior of the atmosphere and the oceans . The influence of this energy leakage on the energy budget within the mixed boundary layer is probably small ...
... resulting radiation of energy may have significant effects on turbulence in the interior of the atmosphere and the oceans . The influence of this energy leakage on the energy budget within the mixed boundary layer is probably small ...
Page 207
... resulting pressure gradients cannot be balanced geostrophically . The weak Coriolis force in low latitudes and the small horizontal scale of the convection cause the Rossby number to be relatively large . This was shown in § 1.4 to be ...
... resulting pressure gradients cannot be balanced geostrophically . The weak Coriolis force in low latitudes and the small horizontal scale of the convection cause the Rossby number to be relatively large . This was shown in § 1.4 to be ...
Page 250
... resulting absence of clouds along the equator is evident in satellite observations . By contrast , ocean surface temperatures are always relatively high among the islands of Indonesia and the western Pacific . The resulting east - west ...
... resulting absence of clouds along the equator is evident in satellite observations . By contrast , ocean surface temperatures are always relatively high among the islands of Indonesia and the western Pacific . The resulting east - west ...
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