Dynamical Oceanography

By: Dijkstra, A. HenkMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Springer (India) Private Limited, New Delhi 2008ISBN: 9783540763758LOC classification: GC228.5
Contents:
PART I Introduction 1. A first Impression 2. Present Ocean Circulation 3. Mathematical Description 4. Vorticity PART- II Midlatitude circulation 5. Wind-Driven Circulation 6. Western Intensification 7. Free Waves 8. Stratification 9. Adjustment 10. Stability Of Zonal Flows PART- III Equatorial circulation 11. Equatorial Ocean Circulation 12. Dynamics of Enso PART- IV Planetary circulation 13. Thermocline Problem 14. Antarctic Circumpolar Current 15. Arctic Ocean Circulation 16. Thermohaline Circulation
Summary: This textbook provides a mathematical introduction to the theory of large-scale ocean circulation and is accessible for readers with an elementary knowledge of mathematics and physics, including continuum mechanics and solution methods for ordinary differential equations.
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PART I Introduction
1. A first Impression
2. Present Ocean Circulation
3. Mathematical Description
4. Vorticity

PART- II Midlatitude circulation
5. Wind-Driven Circulation
6. Western Intensification
7. Free Waves
8. Stratification
9. Adjustment
10. Stability Of Zonal Flows

PART- III Equatorial circulation
11. Equatorial Ocean Circulation
12. Dynamics of Enso

PART- IV Planetary circulation
13. Thermocline Problem
14. Antarctic Circumpolar Current
15. Arctic Ocean Circulation
16. Thermohaline Circulation

This textbook provides a mathematical introduction to the theory of large-scale ocean circulation and is accessible for readers with an elementary knowledge of mathematics and physics, including continuum mechanics and solution methods for ordinary differential equations.

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