Product Description

An overview of the advances made in the last decade and a half in this field. Based on an advanced graduate level course, the book represents fundamental insights into the structure of the physical theory of the large-scale dynamics of the oceans. The author has maintained throughout a blend of analytical and numerical results so as to achieve as deep a physical understanding of the dynamics of the large-scale circulations as possible. The results of the theories are compared with observations and the success or inadequacies of the theories are highlighted. Topics of particular interest are: theory of the wind-driven circulation, the thermocline, the equatorial circulation and the abyssal circulation. Much of the material - previously scattered throughout the literature - has been collated here for the first time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1794069 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-27
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .94" h x 6.43" w x 9.56" l, 1.82 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 464 pages

Book Info
Describes the advances made in the last decade and a half in the theory of the ocean circulation. The results of the theories are compared with observations and the success or inadequacies of the theories are highlighted. DLC: Ocean circulation.