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P
precipitation rate
(1.27)
1.3.1
Pr
Prandtl number
(2.2)
2
q a
specific humidity of air
(1.36)
1.3.2
q
turbulent velocity scale
(3.30)
3.3.2
q R (z)
scaled solar irradiance as a function of z
(2.69)
2.4.1
q R0
scaled solar irradiance just below the air-sea
interface
(2.79)
2.4.1
q 0
scaled net heat flux at the sea surface
(2.10)
2.3.1
Q
heat flux
(1.10)
1.2.2
Q E
latent heat flux
(1.28)
1.3.1
Q rs
surface component of rain-induced heat flux
(1.81)
1.5.4
Q rV
volume component of rain-induced heat flux
(1.80)
1.5.4
Q T
sensible heat flux
(1.26)
1.3.1
Q v
virtual cooling
(2.60)
2.3.2
Q 0
net surface heat flux
(1.26)
1.3.1
r
drop radius
(1.71)
1.5.3
r
bubble radius
6.1.2
r 0
initial drop radius
1.5.1
R rs
remote sensing reflectance
(7.2)
7.1.6
R s
surface reflectance (traditional definition)
(1.55)
1.4.5
R s
surface reflectance (IOCCG, 2000 definition )
(7.1)
7.1.6
Ra
Rayleigh number
(1.20)
1.2.4
Ra f
flux Rayleigh number
2.2.1
Re
Reynolds number
(1.20)
1.2.6
Rf
flux Richardson number
(2.19)
2.3.1
Rf 0
surface Richardson number
2.3.1
Ri
Richardson number
(3.84)
3.4.1
Ri cr
critical Richardson number
(3.86)
3.4.1
Ro
Rossby number
(1.16)
1.2.3
S
salinity
(1.11)
1.2.2
S h
shear
(3.98)
3.4.3
S h
bulk salinity of the mixed layer
4.1.4
S M , S q
dimensionless constants in Craig and Banner
(1994) model
3.3.2
S r
bulk salinity of the rain-formed mixed layer
4.1.4
S u (f)
frequency spectrum of turbulence
(3.8)
3.2.3
S w
bulk salinity
(2.107) 2.5.2
S P
gas solubility
(1.45)
1.3.2
S 0
sea surface salinity
(1.27)
1.3.1
Sc
Schmidt number
(2.3)
2