General Circulation of the Ocean

The Observational Basis for Large Scale Circulation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Surface Circulation.- 3. The Subtropical Gyres and Western Boundary Currents.- 4. Deep Circulation.- Thermocline Theories.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Formulation.- 3. Conservation Principles.- 4. Scaling and the Governing Partial Differential Equation.- 5. The Search for Similarity Solutions.- 6. Ideal Fluid Solutions of Welander.- 7. Layered Models.- Inverse Methods for Ocean Circulation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Physical Problem.- 3. Treatment of the Data.- 4. An Empirical Search.- 5. The Inverse Problem.- 6. Results of Inverse Calculations.- 7. Concluding Remarks.- Baroclinic Theories of the Wind Driven Circulation.- Abstract.- 1. Scale Analysis of the Equations of Motion.- 2. The Two Layer Model.- 3. The Geometry of Geostrophic Contours.- 4. The Eddy Flux of Passive Scalar and Potential Vorticity.- 5. Homogenization of Tracer Inside Closed Streamlines.- Single Layer Models of the General Circulation.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 From the Sphere to the Beta Plane.- 1.3 Linear Models.- 1.4 Quasigeostrophy.- 1.5 Ekman Layers.- 1.6 The Quasigeostrophic Potential Vorticity Equation.- 1.7 Layered Models.- 2.1 The Sverdrup Balance.- 2.2 The Stommel Problem.- 2.3 The Munk Problem.- 2.4 Comparison with Observations.- 2.5 Nonlinear Perturbation of the Linear Problem.- 2.6 Free Nonlinear Solutions and Inertial Boundary Layers.- 2.7 The Nonlinear Stommel Problem.- 2.8 The Nonlinear Munk Problem.- 2.9 Abyssal Circulation.- 2.10 Effects of Relief.- 3.1 Impulsively Started Midlatitude Flow.- 3.2 Rossby Waves in a Rectangular Midlatitude Basin.- 3.3 The Midlatitude Initial Value Problem.- 3.4 The Relationship Between Transient and Steady Midlatitude Flows.- 3.5 Free Waves in the Tropics.- 3.6 The Tropical Initial Value Problem.- 3.7 The Relationship Between Transient and Steady Tropical Flows.