Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... transports parametrically as functions of the averaged or bulk variables which are measured routinely . This has been done in the past by the introduction of empirically estimated coefficients of eddy transport defined by av v'w ' = -K ...
... transports parametrically as functions of the averaged or bulk variables which are measured routinely . This has been done in the past by the introduction of empirically estimated coefficients of eddy transport defined by av v'w ' = -K ...
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... transport coefficients Molecular transports can become important particularly in the immediate vicinity of the air - sea interface . Values for the transport coefficients at standard sea - level pressure are listed in Table 2.3 . The ...
... transport coefficients Molecular transports can become important particularly in the immediate vicinity of the air - sea interface . Values for the transport coefficients at standard sea - level pressure are listed in Table 2.3 . The ...
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... transport of energy mass and particular substances . The divergence of this integrated mass transport in the oceanic bound- ary layer can create localized upwelling which has often large climatic and ecological effects . In the ...
... transport of energy mass and particular substances . The divergence of this integrated mass transport in the oceanic bound- ary layer can create localized upwelling which has often large climatic and ecological effects . In 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