Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 112
... spectrum develops with time , though the forcing pressure fluctuation spectrum P is statistically stationary . The frequency o in the latter spectrum continues to be taken at the particular value w = √ ( gk ) . The character of the ...
... spectrum develops with time , though the forcing pressure fluctuation spectrum P is statistically stationary . The frequency o in the latter spectrum continues to be taken at the particular value w = √ ( gk ) . The character of the ...
Page 117
... spectrum at any time will have maximum values for frequencies around k . Up . The spread around these maximal values must depend on the duration during which the advected pressure fluctuations retain their individual identity . On this ...
... spectrum at any time will have maximum values for frequencies around k . Up . The spread around these maximal values must depend on the duration during which the advected pressure fluctuations retain their individual identity . On this ...
Page 158
... spectrum is not isotropic in the measured range , if the downstream fluctuations along the wind direction have more power than the vertical or transverse fluctuations , the dissipation is overestimated by the application of ( 1.84 ) ...
... spectrum is not isotropic in the measured range , if the downstream fluctuations along the wind direction have more power than the vertical or transverse fluctuations , the dissipation is overestimated by the application of ( 1.84 ) ...
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