Atmosphere-ocean InteractionClarendon Press, 1972 - 275 pages |
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... zonal strip centred on indicated latitude white - cap Ocean coverage ( % ) 10 June - Aug Dec. - Feb . June - Aug. Dec. - Feb . 1 60 50 40 30 20 North latitude 10 10 20 30 40 50 South latitude 60 FIG . 2.5 . Mean ocean white - cap ...
... zonal strip centred on indicated latitude white - cap Ocean coverage ( % ) 10 June - Aug Dec. - Feb . June - Aug. Dec. - Feb . 1 60 50 40 30 20 North latitude 10 10 20 30 40 50 South latitude 60 FIG . 2.5 . Mean ocean white - cap ...
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... zonal current is not affected in the same way . = A series of numerical discussions in the same paper suggests that the velocity amplitudes of the planetary waves remains always relatively small . This means that strong geostrophic ...
... zonal current is not affected in the same way . = A series of numerical discussions in the same paper suggests that the velocity amplitudes of the planetary waves remains always relatively small . This means that strong geostrophic ...
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... zonal pressure gradient increases with latitude . It follows that the streamwise meridi- onal pressure - gradient component on the western side of the current must be larger than on the eastern side . The current , whether from the ...
... zonal pressure gradient increases with latitude . It follows that the streamwise meridi- onal pressure - gradient component on the western side of the current must be larger than on the eastern side . The current , whether from 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