Topographic Effects in Ocean Currents

Valery Zyryanov is Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor in Physics of Atmosphere and Hydrosphere. He published more then 95 scientific articles and 2 monographs. He is the author of the article 2.3.3.1. "Physical Properties of Sea Water Including Its Three Phases" in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal "Water Resources". During twenty eight years he is the Head of Laboratory of fluid dynamics in IWP RAS. He lectures hydrodynamics of rotational stratified fluid in Physical Faculty of Moscow State University "Lomonosov". His monograph "The Steady Ocean Current Theory" (1985, Leningrad, Gidrometeoizdat) presents the mathematical fundamentals of the steady ocean current theory with consideration of the bottom relief. The theory of ocean currents over ridges, seamounts and around islands is described . His monograph "Topographic Eddies in Sea Current Dynamics" (1995, Moscow) expounds results of theoretical and experimental studies of the dynamics of eddies above seamounts in oceans and seas.

The basic hydrodynamic principles of ocean currents theory. Theory of large-scale ocean currents. Theory of mesoscale ocean currents. Topographic eddies. The topographic eddies theory for homogenous ocean. Toroidal vortices above seamounts. Effect of the water stratification on the topographic eddies in ocean. Vortex structure of tidal currents in the sea in the neighborhood of islands and underwater hills. Chaotic advection, mixing and transfer of passive contaminants above seamounts. Numerical simulations of the nonstationary vortex dynamics in the ocean.