Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... shear flow is always larger than the kinetic energy of a uniform flow with the same average momentum . The first right - hand term can , therefore , be interpreted as a generation of eddy energy through a reduction of the mean shear ...
... shear flow is always larger than the kinetic energy of a uniform flow with the same average momentum . The first right - hand term can , therefore , be interpreted as a generation of eddy energy through a reduction of the mean shear ...
Page 108
... shear near the crest ; it enhances the wind shear in the wave valleys . The dynamic instability caused by the increased shear there favours the development of secondary capillary or short gravity waves . This has important ...
... shear near the crest ; it enhances the wind shear in the wave valleys . The dynamic instability caused by the increased shear there favours the development of secondary capillary or short gravity waves . This has important ...
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Eric Bradshaw Kraus. strong shear flow immediately above . The work of the Reynolds stress on this shear flow generates turbulent energy as discussed in § 1.6 . Some of this energy is dissipated locally , but the remainder may be ...
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. strong shear flow immediately above . The work of the Reynolds stress on this shear flow generates turbulent energy as discussed in § 1.6 . Some of this energy is dissipated locally , but the remainder may be ...
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