Abstract: A further discussion of the resistance laws for barotropic planetary boundary layers is presented. Concrete expressions are obtained for universal functions A(?0), B(?0) C(?0)of Rossby number similarity theory for the Ekman ...

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Abstract: The conventional similarity theory for the planetary boundary layer is amended to contain the actual boundary-layer height scale h rather than the neutral rotation height scale u*/|f|.

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Abstract: The role of the oceans in the formation of the earth's climate is discussed. A simple model for global air-sea interaction is proposed which takes into account the latitudinal variation of the planet's radiation budget, ...

Abstract: The heat and mass transfer over the sea is considered in terms of the sea surface roughness lengths for scalars, z0T for potential temperature ?, and z0q for specific humidity q, or alternatively, in terms of the roughness-layer ...

Abstract: AbstractThis paper models the impact of the presence of foam on the short-wave component of surface waves and momentum exchange in the atmospheric boundary layer at high winds. First, physical experiments were carried out ...

Abstract: AbstractIn Part I of this study, we used high-speed video to identify ?bag breakup? fragmentation as the dominant mechanism by which spume droplets are generated at gale-force and hurricane wind speeds. We also constructed ...

Abstract: The turbulence closure problem for convective boundary layers is considered with the chief aim to advance the understanding and modeling of nonlocal transport due to large-scale semiorganized structures. The key role here ...

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