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This book describes the advances made in the last decade and a half in the theory of ocean circulation. Based on an advanced graduate level course it represents fundamental insights into the structure of the physical theory of the large-scale dynamics of the oceans. Topics of particular interest are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pedlosky, Joseph
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1996]
Subjects:
Ocean circulation.
Meereskunde.
Zirkulation.
Mathematisches Modell.
Circulation océanique.
Océanographie > Modèles mathématiques.
Oceans > Currents
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Sverdrup Theory
  • Homogeneous Models of the Ocean Circulation
  • Vertical Structure: Baroclinic Quasi-Geostrophic Models
  • Theory of the Ventilated Thermocline
  • Buoyancy Forced Circulation and Cross-Gyre Flow
  • Equatorial Dynamics of the Thermocline: The Equatorial Undercurrent
  • Abyssal Circulation
  • Subject Index.