Wind Stress Over the Ocean

Herausgeber: Ian S. F., Jones; Toba, Yoshiaki; Jones, Ian S. F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive volume for researchers and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, fluid dynamics and coastal engineering.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9780521090490
• ISBN-10: 0521090490
• Artikelnr.: 25497204

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Overview
Part I: 2. Historical drag expression
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
Part II: 8. The influence of swell on the drag
9. The influence of unsteadiness
10. The dependence on wave age
11. The influence on mesoscale atmospheric processes
12. Wind, stress and wave directions
13. The influence of surface tension
14. The influence of spatial inhomogeneity
15. Basin boundaries
References
Index.