Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... scale L / U , which measures approximately the time needed for a motion pattern of horizontal scale L to be advected past a fixed observation point . The time needed for viscous effects to penetrate the depth D is of order D2 / v and ...
... scale L / U , which measures approximately the time needed for a motion pattern of horizontal scale L to be advected past a fixed observation point . The time needed for viscous effects to penetrate the depth D is of order D2 / v and ...
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... scale which is of the same order as the advective time scale w - 1 ~ L / U is typical for synoptic scale perturbations in the atmosphere . These perturbations are characterized by Ro < 1 and Re > 1. They cannot cause large departure ...
... scale which is of the same order as the advective time scale w - 1 ~ L / U is typical for synoptic scale perturbations in the atmosphere . These perturbations are characterized by Ro < 1 and Re > 1. They cannot cause large departure ...
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... scale of the driving wind systems , cannot be narrower than some limiting critical width . This is due to inertial effects and to lateral friction . The scale length determined by inertia alone can be expected to be of the same order as ...
... scale of the driving wind systems , cannot be narrower than some limiting critical width . This is due to inertial effects and to lateral friction . The scale length determined by inertia alone can be expected to be of the same order as ...
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