Abstract: The response of a stably stratified atmosphere to differential heating across a coastline is studied. A linear, inviscid, Boussinesq theory is used to analyze the growth caused by switching on a small temperature contrast ...

Abstract: The approximation of geostrophic balance across a front is studied. Making this approximation, an analytic approach is made to a frontogenesis model based on the classic horizontal deformation field. Kelvin's circulation ...

Abstract: Evidence for the radiometric determination of air?water interface temperature gradients is presented. Inherent radiometric characteristics in the water molecule cause variations in the absorption coefficient that allow ...