Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... wave numbers and frequencies . This , fortunately , is rather common . Two cases are of particular interest here : waves and isotropic turbu- lence . Waves or wave fields are characterized by a physical relationship between the wave number ...
... wave numbers and frequencies . This , fortunately , is rather common . Two cases are of particular interest here : waves and isotropic turbu- lence . Waves or wave fields are characterized by a physical relationship between the wave number ...
Page 103
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. The full velocity field involves a large or infinite number of Fourier wave - number constituents which can build up to relatively steep slopes even if the maximum slope associated with each of the individual ...
Eric Bradshaw Kraus. The full velocity field involves a large or infinite number of Fourier wave - number constituents which can build up to relatively steep slopes even if the maximum slope associated with each of the individual ...
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... wavelength or wave number , because the larger eddies occur commonly at higher elevation where the wind is faster . Gilchrist ( 1966 ) assumed Up to be equal to the wind at a height of quarter of a wavelength ( 2/4 π / 2k ) above the ...
... wavelength or wave number , because the larger eddies occur commonly at higher elevation where the wind is faster . Gilchrist ( 1966 ) assumed Up to be equal to the wind at a height of quarter of a wavelength ( 2/4 π / 2k ) above 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