Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 1989. General Circulation of the Oceans

Abstract

Contents: The General Circulation of The Oceans: The Basic Equations; Observations; Fundamental Large Scale Circulation Theories; Barotropic Vorticity Equation; The Effect of Inertia; Initiation of Sverdrup Flow; The General Circulation of the Oceans: Statistical One-layer Problems; Multi-layer and Continuously Stratified Quasi-geostrophic Wind Driven Flows; Parsons' Model applied to the Subpolar Gyre; and The Theory of the Ventilated Thermocline.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA225571

Entities

People

  • Barbara Ewing-deremer

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Froude Number
  • Geography
  • Oceanography
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Ridges
  • Sea Water
  • Standing Waves
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Topography
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies