TitleWind stress over the ocean / edited by Ian S.F. Jones, Yoshiaki Toba
Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Descript xviii, 307 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm

CONTENT

1. Overview -- 2. Historical Drag Expressions -- 3. Atmospheric and Oceanic Boundary Layer Physics -- 4. Ocean Wave Spectra and Integral Properties -- 5. Drag Generation Mechanisms -- 6. Coupling Mechanisms -- 7. The Measurement of Surface Stress -- 8. The Influence of Swell on the Drag -- 9. The Influence of Unsteadiness -- 10. The Dependence on Wave Age -- 11. The Influence of Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes -- 12. Wind, Stress and Wave Directions -- 13. The Influence of Surface Tension -- 14. The Influence of Spatial Inhomogeneity: Fronts and Current Boundaries -- 15. Basin Boundaries


SUBJECT

  1. Ocean-atmosphere interaction

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Science LibraryGC190.2 W763j 2001 CHECK SHELVES
Science LibraryGC190.2 W763j 2001 CHECK SHELVES