Synoptic Eddies in the Ocean

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Stratification and Circulation of the Ocean.
• 1. Oceanic Processes with Different Temporal and Spatial Scales.
• 2. Stratification of the Ocean.
• 3. Large-scale Currents.
• 4. Synoptic Processes.
• 2. Theory of Rossby Waves.
• 1. The Quasigeostrophic Approximation.
• 2. Rossby Waves.
• 3. Weak Turbulence on the ?-Plane.
• 4. Rossby Solitons.
• 3. Theory of Ocean Eddies.
• 1. Baroclinic Instability of Large-scale Currents.
• 2. Generation of Eddies by Bottom Relief.
• 3. Generation of Eddies by Direct Forcing by the Atmosphere.
• 4. Eddy-resolving Numerical Models.
• 5. Statistical Dynamics of Ocean Eddies.
• 4. Eddies of Western Boundary Currents.
• 1. Gulf Stream Eddies.
• 2. Eddies of the Kuroshio System.
• 3. Eddies of Other Western Boundary Currents.
• 5. Eddies in the Open Ocean.
• 1. First Indications. ‘Polygon-70’ and MODE.
• 2. Polymode.
• 3. Eddies at Low Latitudes.
• 4. Eddies at High Latitudes.
• 5. Synoptic Eddies in the World Ocean.
• 6. Applied Problems.
• 1. Synoptic Eddies and Formation of Weather and Climate.
• 2. Synoptic Variability of Hydrochemical and Hydrobiological Characteristics.
• 3. Acoustic Applications.
• Subject Inde.