Atmosphere-Ocean InteractionOxford University Press, 1994 M11 10 - 384 pages With both the growing importance of integrating studies of air-sea interaction and the interest in the general problem of global warming, the appearance of the second edition of this popular text is especially welcome. Thoroughly updated and revised, the authors have retained the accessible, comprehensive expository style that distinguished the earlier edition. Topics include the state of matter near the interface, radiation, surface wind waves, turbulent transfer near the interface, the planetary boundary layer, atmospherically-forced perturbations in the oceans, and large-scale forcing by sea surface buoyancy fluxes. This book will be welcomed by students and professionals in meteorology, physical oceanography, physics and ocean engineering. |
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... average of the horizontal velocity in an incompres- sible fluid of limited depth D , then the vertical integral of ( 1.6 ) , after division by D , can be expressed in the form 1 dD V · Û + 0 . D dt ( 1.7 ) The velocities of individual ...
... average of the horizontal velocity in an incompres- sible fluid of limited depth D , then the vertical integral of ( 1.6 ) , after division by D , can be expressed in the form 1 dD V · Û + 0 . D dt ( 1.7 ) The velocities of individual ...
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... average density near the sea surface or an overall density average . With the Boussinesq approximation and ( 1.25 ) and ( 1.26 ) , the first equation ( 1.22 ) can be written as d 22 az2 ) ] w W - fcU = 1 др ' Pr dz + g g ' ) . ( 1.27 ) ...
... average density near the sea surface or an overall density average . With the Boussinesq approximation and ( 1.25 ) and ( 1.26 ) , the first equation ( 1.22 ) can be written as d 22 az2 ) ] w W - fcU = 1 др ' Pr dz + g g ' ) . ( 1.27 ) ...
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... average of ( 1.30 ) over a layer of depth D , one can use ( 1.7 ) and df / dt = 0 , to derive the vorticity equation d î z + ƒdD ( ñ1⁄2 + ƒ ) - D dt D dt d ( î z + dt D = vv2 . ( 1.31 ) A mechanical energy equation , which relates the ...
... average of ( 1.30 ) over a layer of depth D , one can use ( 1.7 ) and df / dt = 0 , to derive the vorticity equation d î z + ƒdD ( ñ1⁄2 + ƒ ) - D dt D dt d ( î z + dt D = vv2 . ( 1.31 ) A mechanical energy equation , which relates the ...
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... averages of the variables will be taken over time , assuming that this will give a good representation of the ensemble average . The average is indicated by an overbar and the fluctuating component by a prime . Thus we have T = f + T ...
... averages of the variables will be taken over time , assuming that this will give a good representation of the ensemble average . The average is indicated by an overbar and the fluctuating component by a prime . Thus we have T = f + T ...
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... average and that it is relatively stationary in time . This is not always the case . When the equation of continuity is averaged we get , with the specified notation , др a + ρί ; Ət ах ; др at д дх ́ ( p + p ' ) ( U ; + u ; ) др a + at ...
... average and that it is relatively stationary in time . This is not always the case . When the equation of continuity is averaged we get , with the specified notation , др a + ρί ; Ət ах ; др at д дх ́ ( p + p ' ) ( U ; + u ; ) др a + at ...
Contents
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2 THE STATE OF MATTER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 36 |
3 RADIATION | 75 |
4 SURFACE WIND WAVES | 103 |
5 TURBULENT TRANSFER NEAR THE INTERFACE | 137 |
6 THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER | 182 |
7 ATMOSPHERICALLY FORCED PERTURBATIONS IN THE OCEANS | 238 |
8 LARGESCALE FORCING BY SEA SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUXES | 292 |
REFERENCES | 326 |
Author Index | 351 |
Subject Index | 356 |
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