Large-Scale Interaction of Oceans, Continents and the Atmosphere in the Northern Hemisphere
<p id="p1">The main interaction between oceans and continents is due to the atmosphere. As a result of this interaction, winds, heat flows and masses are generated between continents and oceans. In this section, we will touch on a little-covered topic about the largest thermal interaction of oceans,...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/86360 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">The main interaction between oceans and continents is due to the atmosphere. As a result of this interaction, winds, heat flows and masses are generated between continents and oceans. In this section, we will touch on a little-covered topic about the largest thermal interaction of oceans, continents, and the atmosphere in terms of energy, including those arising due to seasonal fluctuations in their temperatures caused by the annual course of solar radiation. To answer the question about the magnitude and structures of seasonal and climatic heat transfer over oceans and continents, we will consider two components of heat and moisture flows from the ocean to the atmosphere—one component arises solely due to seasonal fluctuations in parameters (temperatures and wind), the other due to conditionally constant wind temperatures throughout the years. Further, we will discover the structures of global heat transfers by studying the phase mismatch of the temperature and pressure fields of the atmosphere. A tool for conducting such a phase analysis will be a shift phase, which detects a shift between two similar functions on a segment. This research program requires many explanations, which we will consistently provide below.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83768-858-6 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.110324 |