Ocean circulation theory / Joseph Pedlosky
- Author:
- Pedlosky, Joseph
- Published:
- Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1996]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1996
- Physical Description:
- xi, 453 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Contents:
- SVERDRUP THEORY: Scaling for Sverdrup Theory -- The geostrophic Sverdrup Relation -- On the validity of Sverdrup Theory -- HOMOGENEOUS MODELS OF THE OCEAN CIRCULATION: Formulation of the homogeneous model -- The vorticity equation in nondimensional form -- Boundary conditions -- The Sverdrup interior -- The western boundary-layer equation -- The linear problem -- The inertial boundary layer -- The nonlinear munk problem -- Integral conditions -- Integral balances for the boundary layer -- Numerical examples -- Moore's hypothesis -- Inertial runaway -- VERTICAL STRUCTURE: BAROCLINIC QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODELS: The quasi-geostrophic model -- Special cases of the potential vorticity equation -- Rossby waves -- The quasi-geostrophic circulation problem -- A midocean example -- Determination of the recirculation -- Homogenization of potential vorticity -- Application of the theory to the subtropical gyre -- Quasi-geostrophic model with continuous stratification -- Numerical and observational evidence -- THEORY OF THE VENTILATED THERMOCLINE: Formulation of the model -- Midocean approximations -- The ventilated thermocline: the two-layer model -- The [Beta]-spiral -- The pool of constant potential vorticity -- The three-layer model -- The subpolar gyre -- Ventilation and homogenization: a unified theory -- Effect of finite mixed layer depth -- Continuous models of the ventilated thermocline -- Observations and numerical models -- BUOYANCY FORCED CIRCULATION AND CROSS-GYRE FLOW: Cross-Gyre flow -- Nonadiabatic equations in characteristic form -- The buoyancy- and wind-driven subtropical Gyre: analytical solutions -- EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS OF THE THERMOCLINE: THE EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT: Physics of the EUC: preliminaries -- An inertial theory of the equatorial undercurrent -- The nondissipative model -- Role of the shadow zone in the undercurrent structure -- Effect of entrainment -- Numerical models -- ABYSSAL CIRCULATION: The stommel, arons, and faller experiment -- Stommel-arons theory: abyssal flow on the sphere -- Dipole circulation associated with isolated sources -- Effect of ridges and gaps -- Establishment of the abyssal circulation -- Vertical structure of the abyssal circulation.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 3540604898 (hardcover : acid⁻free paper)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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