Hydrodynamics of the Equatorial Ocean (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Hydrodynamics of the Equatorial Ocean 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
List of Participants 8
Chapter 1. Equatorial sea surface temperature variations on seasonal time scales 12
Chapter 2. Seasonal observations in the Western Indian Ocean 28
Chapter 3. Seasonal variability of subsurface thermal structure in the tropical Atlantic Ocean 42
Chapter 4. The variability of local winds at 22° W and their influence on the oceanic system at the equator in the Atlantic during FGGE 62
Chapter 5. Near surface temperature observations obtained in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean during FGGE 76
Chapter 6. On the variation of the heat content in various vertical layers in the central equatorial Atlantic 94
Chapter 7. Free drifting buoy measurements in the Indian Ocean equatorial jet 110
Chapter 8. Investigation of small scale structure of hydrophysical fields in the equatorial region of the Indian Ocean 132
Chapter 9. Velocity field fine structure and shear instability of currents in equatorial regions of the oceans 136
Chapter 10. Turbulence in the core of the equatorial undercurrent 142
Chapter 11. On the interannual wind-driven response of the tropical Pacific Ocean 166
Chapter 12. On westward propagation of sea surface temperature anomalies in the equatorial Pacific 208
Chapter 13. Variability of coastal zones in low latitudes (with application to the Somali Current, the Gulf of Guinea and the El Niño Current) 230
Chapter 14. Reflections of low frequency equatorial waves on partial boundaries 248
Chapter 15. Coastal effects on upwelling 270
Chapter 16. Model of the Gulf of Guinea upwelling. Influence of the coast's irregularities 292
Chapter 17. The effect of zonal currents on equatorial waves 302
Chapter 18. Theory of frequency spectra of equatorially trapped waves 330
Chapter 19. Instability on the equatorial ß-plane 350
Chapter 20. On the generation of Rossby solitons during El Niño 364