Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... term of eqn ( 1.19 ) , being normal to the velocity , and therefore normal to the streamline , cannot contribute to such an integral . The term 1 pv2 + p ( 1.22 ) is called the total pressure . Being the sum of a dynamic and a static ...
... term of eqn ( 1.19 ) , being normal to the velocity , and therefore normal to the streamline , cannot contribute to such an integral . The term 1 pv2 + p ( 1.22 ) is called the total pressure . Being the sum of a dynamic and a static ...
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... term of ( 1.34 ) , = U , ω ( 1.38 ) which is exactly the propagation velocity of small amplitude gravity waves at the boundary of two infinitely deep inviscid fluids . Equation ( 1.30 ) can be treated in a very similar way . When d / dt ...
... term of ( 1.34 ) , = U , ω ( 1.38 ) which is exactly the propagation velocity of small amplitude gravity waves at the boundary of two infinitely deep inviscid fluids . Equation ( 1.30 ) can be treated in a very similar way . When d / dt ...
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... term can , therefore , be interpreted as a generation of eddy energy through a reduction of the mean shear . The following terms represent the vertical convergence of a flux which is produced by the eddying motion and which carries the ...
... term can , therefore , be interpreted as a generation of eddy energy through a reduction of the mean shear . The following terms represent the vertical convergence of a flux which is produced by the eddying motion and which carries the ...
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