Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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Page 33
... viscosity . In such a case , the eddies in the intermediate size range will not be affected either by the particular form of the large - scale energy input or by viscosity , provided they have wave numbers and frequencies that fall into ...
... viscosity . In such a case , the eddies in the intermediate size range will not be affected either by the particular form of the large - scale energy input or by viscosity , provided they have wave numbers and frequencies that fall into ...
Page 146
... viscosity cannot depend directly on the density stratification ; above the highest critical level , they cannot be affected directly by wave growth . This permits us to treat the effect of the two mechanisms on the energy balance ...
... viscosity cannot depend directly on the density stratification ; above the highest critical level , they cannot be affected directly by wave growth . This permits us to treat the effect of the two mechanisms on the energy balance ...
Page 176
... viscosity are neglected or averaged out . This is not as restrictive as it may appear , because the viscosity affects the secondary flows significantly only in so far as it contributes to the development of a mean shear flow profile ...
... viscosity are neglected or averaged out . This is not as restrictive as it may appear , because the viscosity affects the secondary flows significantly only in so far as it contributes to the development of a mean shear flow profile ...
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