MATHEMATICAL NOTATIONS
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potential temperature
(1.10)
1.2.2
N
von Karman constant
1.3.2
N T
molecular coefficient of thermal diffusivity
1.2.4
O
wavelength
O IG
wavelength of equatorial inertia-gravity wave
5.3.3
O S
nondimensional coefficient in
cool-skin
parameterization
2.1.2
/
dimensionless
constant
in
microlayer
parameterization
(2.39)
2.3.2
P
molecular coefficient of kinematic tracer
diffusivity (for gas, salinity etc.)
P
parameter relating to the vertical mixing process
and horizontal buoyancy gradients
(5.12)
5.3.5
Q a
molecular kinematic viscosity of air
Q T
eddy viscosity in Benilov and Ly (2003) model
(3.55)
3.3.3
[
solar elevation angle
1.4.5
U
water density
U a
air density
U r
density of rain water
(1.80)
1.5.4
V s
surface tension
1.5.1
V t
sigma-t density
V
Bubble decay rate
(6.12)
6.1.4
V K
variance of surface wave elevation
3.3.2
W
relaxation time
(4.32)
4.3
W ij
components of the viscous stress tensor (where i
and j can be x, y, or z)
(1.5)
1.2.1
W rs
surface component of rain-induced stress
(1.85)
1.5.5
W rV
volume component of rain-induced stress
(1.84)
1.5.5
W r
stress due to rain
(1.83)
1.5.5
W t
tangential component of air-sea momentum flux (2.8)
2.2.3
W 0
magnitude of wind stress
(1.34)
1.3.2
b
heat content
(4.23)
4.2.3
M
geographical latitude
1.2.1
I
potential function
(1.91)
1.6.1
( , )
k
K
Z
)
G
surface wave spectrum
3.1.1
Z
)
frequency spectrum of surface waves
(1.113) 1.6.5
k
<
G
wavenumber spectrum of surface wave
(1.122) 1.6.5
Z
frequency (Z= 2S/f)