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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olbers, Dirk Jürgen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2012]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ocean circulation.
Ocean-atmosphere interaction.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Fundamental Laws
  • Preliminaries
  • Conservation Laws for Moving Fluids
  • Part 2. Common Approximations
  • Approximations Derived from Mode Filtering
  • Approximations Relating to Density Changes and Geometric Conditions
  • Geostrophic and Quasi-Geostrophic Motions
  • Part 3. Ocean waves
  • Sound Waves
  • Gravity Waves
  • Long Waves
  • Lagrangian Theory of Ocean Waves
  • Forced Waves
  • Part 4. Oceanic Turbulence and Eddies
  • Small-Scale Turbulence
  • Geostrophic Turbulence
  • Part 5. Aspects of Ocean Circulation Theory
  • Forcing of the Ocean
  • The Wind-Driven Circulation
  • The Meridional Overturning of the Oceans
  • The Circulation of the Southern Ocean
  • Part 6. Appendix
  • Mathematical Basics
  • Models of the Ocean Circulation.