Abstract: The role of topography in the mean structure of low-level winds is investigated. Because the gravitational force vector has a component locally parallel to the sloping terrain, the low-level temperature anomaly, created ...

Abstract: Doppler wind data obtained over the Indian Ocean during the 1964 Indian Ocean Expedition are analyzed in terms of power spectrum estimates. Peculiarities in the computed distribution of the mean horizontal kinetic energy ...

Abstract: Toughening of ceramics by incorporating strong fibers has become an established technology, resulting in the creation of a new generation of tough ceramic composites. This toughening effect is ...

Abstract: A vertically integrated model that incorporates horizontal temperature variations is used to study the circulation of the Yellow Sea in a wintertime period for which velocity and temperature measurements are available at ...

Abstract: An assimilation of routine sea surface temperature observations is conducted to estimate the sea surface heat flux in the Yellow Sea during the winter of 1986. Ten-day mean SST compilations, published by the Japan ...

Abstract: Steady coastal upwelling driven by wind-stress and surface apparent temperature anomalies in a continuously stratified ocean of infinite depth is examined within the framework of a set of linearized hydrodynamic and ...

Abstract: Because continental margins are inclined, the boundary layer over them is tied to bottom density as well as to the barotropic pressure gradient. Through the no-flux condition at the sea floor, the bottom boundary layer, ...

Abstract: The steady-state circulation in a rectangular bay is studied numerically in a model of homogeneous water and vertical coasts. The competing influences of the surface winds and longshore currants flowing by the open side ...

Abstract: An algorithm for computing the time optimal motions of robotic manipulators along specified paths is presented which accounts for singular points and arcs, at which one actuator does not ...

Abstract: The J-integral that determines the driving force on a crack tip is a central concept of fracture mechanics. It is particularly useful since it is path independent in homogeneous materials. However, most materials are ...