Ocean Circulation Theory

Gebonden Engels 1998 1e druk 9783540604891
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An overview of the advances made in the last decade and a half in this field. Based on an advanced graduate level course, the book represents fundamental insights into the structure of the physical theory of the large-scale dynamics of the oceans. The author has maintained throughout a blend of analytical and numerical results so as to achieve as deep a physical understanding of the dynamics of the large-scale circulations as possible. The results of the theories are compared with observations and the success or inadequacies of the theories are highlighted. Topics of particular interest are: theory of the wind-driven circulation, the thermocline, the equatorial circulation and the abyssal circulation. Much of the material - previously scattered throughout the literature - has been collated here for the first time.

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ISBN13:9783540604891
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:456
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:1

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1 Sverdrup Theory.- 2 Homogeneous Models of the Ocean Circulation.- 3 Vertical Structure: Baroclinic Quasi-Geostrophic Models.- 4 Theory of the Ventilated Thermocline.- 5 Buoyancy Forced Circulation and Cross-Gyre Flow.- 6 Equatorial Dynamics of the Thermocline: The Equatorial Undercurrent.- 7 Abyssal Circulation.

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