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A Note on the Boundary Layer Wind Structure Above Sloping Terrain
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Mesoscale Turbulence Spectra over The Indian Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Toughening Behavior and Interfacial Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Composites
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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 ...
A Numerical Study of Currents, Heat Advection, and Sea-Level Fluctuations in the Yellow Sea in Winter 1986
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Inverse Determination of Surface Heat Flux over the Yellow Sea in Winter 1986 from Sea Surface Temperature Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Steady Coastal Upwelling in a Continuously Stratified Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
The Importance of Density Stratification to Bottom Boundary Layers over Continental Margins
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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, ...
A Numerical Study of the Steady Circulation in an Open Bay
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Computation of Path Constrained Time Optimal Motions With Dynamic Singularities
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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 ...
Homogenization and Path Independence of the J-Integral in Heterogeneous Materials
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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 ...