General Circulation of the Ocean

General Circulation of the Ocean edited by Henry Abarbanel, W.R. Young.

The ocean has entranced mankind for as long as we have gazed upon it, traversed it, dived into it, and studied it. It remains ever changing and seemingly never changing. Each wave that progresses through the. imme­ diate surf zone on every coast is strikingly different, yet the waves come again and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Abarbanel, Henry (Editor), Young, W.R (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Oceanography.
Geophysics.
Mathematical physics.
Atmospheric sciences.
Fluids.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • The Observational Basis for Large Scale Circulation
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Surface Circulation
  • 3. The Subtropical Gyres and Western Boundary Currents
  • 4. Deep Circulation
  • Thermocline Theories
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Formulation
  • 3. Conservation Principles
  • 4. Scaling and the Governing Partial Differential Equation
  • 5. The Search for Similarity Solutions
  • 6. Ideal Fluid Solutions of Welander
  • 7. Layered Models
  • Inverse Methods for Ocean Circulation
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Physical Problem
  • 3. Treatment of the Data
  • 4. An Empirical Search
  • 5. The Inverse Problem
  • 6. Results of Inverse Calculations
  • 7. Concluding Remarks
  • Baroclinic Theories of the Wind Driven Circulation
  • Abstract
  • 1. Scale Analysis of the Equations of Motion
  • 2. The Two Layer Model
  • 3. The Geometry of Geostrophic Contours
  • 4. The Eddy Flux of Passive Scalar and Potential Vorticity
  • 5. Homogenization of Tracer Inside Closed Streamlines
  • Single Layer Models of the General Circulation
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 From the Sphere to the Beta Plane
  • 1.3 Linear Models
  • 1.4 Quasigeostrophy
  • 1.5 Ekman Layers
  • 1.6 The Quasigeostrophic Potential Vorticity Equation
  • 1.7 Layered Models
  • 2.1 The Sverdrup Balance
  • 2.2 The Stommel Problem
  • 2.3 The Munk Problem
  • 2.4 Comparison with Observations
  • 2.5 Nonlinear Perturbation of the Linear Problem
  • 2.6 Free Nonlinear Solutions and Inertial Boundary Layers
  • 2.7 The Nonlinear Stommel Problem
  • 2.8 The Nonlinear Munk Problem
  • 2.9 Abyssal Circulation
  • 2.10 Effects of Relief
  • 3.1 Impulsively Started Midlatitude Flow
  • 3.2 Rossby Waves in a Rectangular Midlatitude Basin
  • 3.3 The Midlatitude Initial Value Problem
  • 3.4 The Relationship Between Transient and Steady Midlatitude Flows
  • 3.5 Free Waves in the Tropics
  • 3.6 The Tropical Initial Value Problem
  • 3.7 The Relationship Between Transient and Steady Tropical Flows.

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