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Author = "Officer, Charles B."
Title = "Physical Oceanography of Estuaries (and Associated Coastal Waters)"
Publisher = "John Wiley & Sons"
Year = "1976"
Pages = "465"
ISBN = "0-471-65278-4"
LOC = "GC 97 O33"
Table of contents:

\begin{enumerate}
\item Introduction,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Description of estuaries
  \item Classification of estuaries
  \end{enumerate}
%   Part 1 - Theory,
\item Hydrodynamics,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Hydrodynamic preliminaries
  \item Equations of motion
  \item Equations of continuity
  \item Continuity, mixing, and diffusion
  \item Turbulence and diffusion
  \item Diffusion scale effects
  \item Forces
  \item Turbulence and internal friction
  \item Boundary layer and bottom friction
  \item Scaling and integrated equations
  \item Hydraulics of open channel flow
  \item Hydrodynamic numbers and coefficients
  \end{enumerate}
\item Tidal phenomena,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Introduction
  \item Tidal waves
  \item Tidal cooscillation
  \item Tidal waves with friction
  \item Tidal energies and energy losses
  \item Bores
  \end{enumerate}
\item Circulation,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Controls, transitions, and jumps
  \item Fjord type entrainment flow
  \item Arrested salt wedge flow
  \item Stratified flow in straits
  \item Horizontal density gradient flow
  \item Two dimensional density gradient flow
  \item Tidal motion and near bottom effects
  \item Fronts
  \item Transverse effects
  \item Some lateral effects on circulation
  \end{enumerate}
\item Mixing,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Simplified mixing concepts
  \item Overmixing
  \item Entrainment mixing
  \item Longitudinal dispersion across a vertical section
  \item Horizontal, one dimensional tidal mixing
  \item Vertical velocity shear, circulation, and mixing effects
  \item Lateral velocity shear, circulation, and mixing effects
  \item Diffusion induced circulation
  \item Vertical stability and vertical mixing
  \item Seasonal thermocline and heat effects
  \end{enumerate}
\item Pollutant dispersion,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Introduction
  \item Longitudinal conservative dispersion
  \item Longitudinal nonconservative dispersion
  \item Vertical dispersion effects
  \item Geometry and source considerations
  \item Velocity shear and point source dispersion
  \item Coupled nonconservative systems
  \end{enumerate}
%   Part 2 - Applications,
\item Great Britain,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Introduction
  \item Mersey estuary and Liverpool bay
  \item Severn estuary and Bristol channel
  \item Southampton estuary and the Solent
  \item Thames estuary
  \item Tay estuary
  \item Red wharf bay, Anglesey
  \item Irish sea
  \end{enumerate}
\item Europe,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Hardangerfjord and Nordfjord
  \item Frierfjord and Oslofjord
  \item Randers fjord and Schultz's grund
  \item Elbe and Ems estuaries
  \item Bosporus, Dardanelles, Gibraltar, and Bab el Mandeb
  \item European coastal waters
  \end{enumerate}
\item Americas, East Coast,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item St. John estuary
  \item Miramichi, Penobscot, and Kennebec estuaries
  \item Connecticut and Merrimack rivers
  \item Hudson river and associated waters
  \item Raritan estuary
  \item Delaware estuary
  \item Chesapeake bay and associated waters
  \item James estuary
  \item Savannah and Charleston harbors
  \item Florida peninsula waters
  \item Mississippi river
  \item Galveston bay
  \item Amazon river
  \item Bay of Fundy
  \item Long Island sound
  \end{enumerate}
\item Americas, West Coast,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Alaska inlets
  \item British Columbia inlets
  \item Vancouver island inlets
  \item Alberni inlet
  \item Duwamish and Snohomish rivers
  \item Columbia river estuary
  \item Grays harbor and Yaquina estuaries
  \item San Francisco bay and associated waters
  \item Inlets of Chile
  \item Straits of Juan de Fuca and Georgia
  \end{enumerate}
\item Asia, Australia, and Japan,
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item Vellar estuary
  \item Hooghly estuary
  \item Chao Phya estuary
  \item Australian estuaries
  \item Rivers of Japan
  \item Osaka and Ariake bays
  \end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}" }

Editor = "Osborne, A. R."
Title = "Nonlinear Topics in Ocean Physics: Proceedings S.I.F., Course CIX"
Publisher = "North-Holland"
Year = "1991"
Pages = "996"
LOC = "GC 200 I58 1988"
ISBN = "0-444-89017-3"
Table of contents:

     Part I - The dynamics of mesoscale and large-scale flows,
       A. Theoretical considerations and numerical experiments,
         1. Geostrophic vortices - J. C. McWilliams                 5,
         2. Nonlinear equatorial waves - J. P. Boyd                51,
         3. The shallow-water equations on an F-plane - A. D.
              Kirwan, Jr. and J. Liu                               99,
         4. Nonlinear stability of ideal fluid equilibria -
              D. D. Holm                                          133,
         5. Integrable Hamiltonian dynamics of elliptical-vortex
              solutions for the SWE - D. D. Holm                  175,
         6. A variational generalization of the 1.5 layer
              model - A. D. Kirwan, Jr.                           185,
         7. Nonlinear dynamics of inertio-gravity waves -
              M. Farge                                            189,
         8. Free equilibrium states and wind-driven circulation -
              A. Griffa                                           203,
       B. Laboratory and field experiments,
         9. Experiments on vortices and Rossby waves in eastward
              and westward jets - J. Sommeria, S. D. Meyers,
              and H. L. Swinney                                   227,
        10. Experiments on planetary scale instabilities -
              J. E. Hart                                          271,
        11. Dynamics of fronts and eddies - P. F. Linden          313,
        12. Chaotic Couette-Taylor flow - A. Brandstater and
              H. L. Swinney                                       353,
        13. The study of fluid parcel trajectories in large-scale
              ocean flows - A. Provenzale, A. R. Osborne, A. D.
              Kirwan, Jr., and L. Bergamasco                      367,
        14. Directed self-interacting self-avoiding random
              walks - D. J. Klein and W. A. Seitz                 403,
        15. Topographic Rossby wave solitonss in the Gulf of
              Mexico - S. Nakamoto                                417,
        16. A variational method for determining absolute
              velocities from hydrographic data - G. Peggion      439,
     Part II - Nonlinear wave dynamics,
       A. Higher-order theories and numerical experiments,
        17. Recent advances in nonlinear water waves:  an
              overview - H. C. Yuen                               461,
        18. Breaking water waves - D. H. Peregrine                499,
        19. Weakly nonlocal solitary waves - J. P. Boyd           527,
        20. Nonlinear wave refraction - D. H. Peregrine           557,
        21. The Zakharov and modified Zakharov equations and
              their applications - L. Shemer & M. Stiassnie       581,
        22. Numerical experiments on chaos and order in the
              long-term evolution of nonlinear water waves -
              H. C. Yuen                                          621,
        23. The fractal dimension of the ocean surface -
              M. Stiassnie                                        633,
        24. Nonlinear internal solitary waves in straits with
              varying width and depth - D. Levi                   649,
       B. Systems integrable by the inverse scattering transform,
        25. Nonlinear Fourier analysis - A. R. Osborne            669,
        26. Nonlinear wave equations solvable by the spectral
              transform - A. Degasperis                           701,
        27. The relationship between the spectral theories for the
              periodic Korteweg-de Vries and nonlinear Schrodinger
              equations - E. R. Tracy, J. W. Larson, A. R. Osborne
              and L. Bergamasco                                   769,
        28. Polycnoidal waves:  spatially periodic generalizations
              of multiple solitons - J. P. Boyd & S. E. Haupt     827,
        29. Nonlinearity in dispersive trapped waves - P. C.
              Sabatier                                            857,
        30. Two-dimensional propagation of long nonlinear internal
              waves - S. Pierini                                  875,
       C. Laboratory and field measurements,
        31. Periodic waves in shallow water - J. Hammack, N.
              Scheffner, and H. Segur                             891,
        32. Some recent experimental results on the effects of
              long waves on short waves under wind - H. C. Yuen   915,
        33. WAM, a third-generation wave model - L. Cavaleri      925,
        34. WAM application to the Mediterranean Sea - the
              accuracy of the results - L. Cavaleri               945,
        35. Resonant interactions among ripples - J. Hammack,
              M. Perlin, and D. Henderson                         969" }

Editor = "Osborne, A. R., and P. Malanotte Rizzoli"
Title = "Topics in Ocean Physics: Proceedings S.I.F., Course LXXX"
Publisher = "North-Holland"
Year = "1982"

PPP

Author = "Palmen, E., and C. W. Newton"
Title = "Atmospheric Circulation Systems: Their Structure and Physical Interpretation"
Publisher = "Academic Press"
Year = "1969"
Pages = "603"
LOC = "69-12279"
Table of contents:

     1. The mean structure of the atmosphere, and the maintenance
          of the general circulation in the northern hemisphere       2,
     2. Heat balance of the Earth's atmosphere, and the meridional
          and vertical transfer of energy                            27,
     3. Seasonal and zonal variations of the mean atmospheric
          structure and flow patterns                                67,
     4. Principal air masses and fronts, jet streams, and
          tropopauses                                               103,
     5. The polar-front theory and the beginnings of synoptic
          aerology                                                  119,
     6. Extratropical disturbances in relation to the upper waves   140,
     7. Thermal structure of fronts and corresponding wind field    168,
     8. Principal tropospheric jet streams                          195,
     9. Frontogenesis and related circulations                      238,
    10. Three-dimensinal flow patterns in extratropical
          disturbances                                              274,
    11. Development of extratropical cyclones                       315,
    12. Weather in relation to disturbances                         353,
    13. Organized convective systems in middle latitudes            391,
    14. Circulation and disturbances of the tropics                 427,
    15. Tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons                  472,
    16. Energy conversions in atmospheric circulation systems       524,
    17. Summary of the atmospheric circulation processes            561,
      Author index                                                  587,
      Subject index                                                 595" }

Author = "Parsons, T. R. and M. Takahashi and B. Hargrave"
Title = "Biological Oceanographic Processes (2nd Ed.)"
Publisher = "Pergamon Press"
Year = "1977"

Author = "Pedlosky, Joseph"
Title = "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics"
Publisher = "Springer-Verlag"
Year = "1982"
Pages = "624"
LOC = "QC 809 F5 P43"
ISBN = "0-387-90745-9"
Table of contents:

     1. Preliminaries                                                1,
       1.1  Geophysical fluid dynamics                               1,
       1.2  The Rossby number                                        2,
       1.3  Density stratification                                   8,
       1.4  The equations of motion in a nonrotating coordinate
              frame                                                 10,
       1.5  Rotating coordinate frames                              14,
       1.6  Equations of motion in a rotating coordinate frame      17,
       1.7  Coriolis acceleration and the Rossby number             20,
     2. Fundamentals                                                22,
       2.1  Vorticity                                               22,
       2.2  The circulation                                         28,
       2.3  Kelvin's theorem                                        33,
       2.4  The vorticity equation                                  34,
       2.5  Potential vorticity                                     38,
       2.6  The thermal wind                                        42,
       2.7  The Taylor-Proudman theorem                             43,
       2.8  Geostrophic motion                                      45,
       2.9  Consequences of the geostrophic and hydrostatic
              approximations                                        51,
       2.10  Geostrophic degeneracy                                 55,
     3. Inviscid shallow-water theory                               57,
       3.1  Introduction                                            57,
       3.2  The shallow-water model                                 58,
       3.3  The shallow-water equations                             59,
       3.4  Potential vorticity conservation:  Shallow-water
              theory                                                63,
       3.5  Integral constraints                                    65,
       3.6  Small-amplitude motions                                 67,
       3.7  Linearized geostrophic motion                           69,
       3.8  Plane waves in a layer of constant depth                71,
       3.9  Poincar{\'e} and Kelvin waves                           75,
       3.10  The Rossby wave                                        81,
       3.11  Dynamic diagnosis of the Rossby wave                   84,
       3.12  Quasigeostrophic scaling in shallow-water theory       86,
       3.13  Steady quasigeostrophic motion                         93,
       3.14  Inertial boundary currents                             94,
       3.15  Quasigeostrophic Rossby waves                          99,
       3.16  The mechanism for the Rossby wave                     102,
       3.17  The beta-plane                                        105,
       3.18  Rossby waves in a zonal current                       108,
       3.19  Group velocity                                        111,
       3.20  The method of multiple time scales                    118,
       3.21  Energy and energy flux in Rossby waves                121,
       3.22  The energy propagation diagram                        123,
       3.23  Reflection and the radiation condition                124,
       3.24  Rossby waves produced by an initial disturbance       130,
       3.25  Quasigeostrophic normal modes in closed basins        144,
       3.26  Resonant interactions                                 153,
       3.27  Energy and enstrophy                                  164,
     4. Friction and viscous flow                                  168,
       4.1  Introduction                                           168,
       4.2  Turbulent Reynolds stress                              170,
       4.3  The Ekman layer                                        174,
       4.4  The nature of nearly frictionless flow                 183,
       4.5  Boundary-layer theory                                  189,
       4.6  Quasigeostrophic dynamics in the presence of friction  201,
       4.7  Spin-down                                              205,
       4.8  Steady motion                                          206,
       4.9  Ekman layer on a sloping surface                       208,
       4.10  Ekman layer on a free surface                         215,
       4.11  Quasigeostrophic potential vorticity equation with
               friction and topography                             222,
       4.12  The decay of a Rossby wave                            225,
       4.13  Side-wall friction layers                             227,
     5. Homogeneous models of the wind-driven ocean circulation    236,
       5.1  Introduction                                           236,
       5.2  The homogeneous model                                  239,
       5.3  The Sverdrup relation                                  245,
       5.4  Meridional boundary layers:  the Munk layer            253,
       5.5  Stommel's model:  bottom friction layer                264,
       5.6  Inertial boundary-layer theory                         270,
       5.7  Inertial currents in the presence of friction          276,
       5.8  Rossby waves and the westward intensification of the
              oceanic circulation                                  278,
       5.9  Dissipation integrals for steady circulations          281,
       5.10  Free inertial modes                                   287,
       5.11  Numerical experiments                                 290,
       5.12  Ekman upwelling circulations                          297,
       5.13  The effect of bottom topography                       308,
       5.14  Concluding remarks on the homogeneous model           313,
     6. Quasigeostrophic motion of a stratified fluid on a sphere  314,
       6.1  Introduction                                           314,
       6.2  The equations of motion in spheric coordinates:
              scaling                                              315,
       6.3  Geostrophic approximation:  $\epsilon = O(l/r_{0})
              \ll 1$                                              323,
       6.4  The concept of static stability                        329,
       6.5  Quasigeostrophic potential-vorticity equation for
              atmopsheric synoptic scales                          333,
       6.6  The Ekman layer in a stratified fluid                  338,
       6.7  Boundary conditions for the potential vorticity
              equation:  the atmosphere                            340,
       6.8  Quasigeostrophic potential-vorticity equation for
              oceanic synoptic scales                              340,
       6.9  Boundary conditions for the potential-vorticity
              equation:  the oceans                                343,
       6.10  Geostrophic energy equation and available potential
               energy                                              346,
       6.11  Rossby waves in a stratified fluid                    352,
       6.12  Rossby-wave normal modes:  the vertical structure
               equation                                            356,
       6.13  Forced stationary waves in the atmosphere             363,
       6.14  Wave-zonal-flow interaction theorems                  371,
       6.15  Topographic waves in a stratified ocean               378,
       6.16  Layer models                                          386,
       6.17  Rossby waves in the two-layer model                   394,
       6.18  The relationship of the layer models to the
               ``level'' models                                    396,
       6.19  Geostrophic approximation $\epsilon \ll L/r_{0} .lt. 1$,
               the Sverdrup relation                               400,
       6.20  Geostrophic approximation $\epsilon \ll 1, L/r_{0}
               = O(1)$                                             404,
       6.21  The thermocline problem                               409,
     7. Instability theory                                         423,
       7.1  Introduction                                           423,
       7.2  Formulation of the instability problem:  the
              continuously stratified model                        426,
       7.3  The linear stability problem:  conditions for
              instability                                          432,
       7.4  Normal modes                                           441,
       7.5  Bounds on the phase speed and growth rate              447,
       7.6  Baroclinic instability:  the basic mechanism           451,
       7.7  Eady's model                                           456,
       7.8  Charney's model and critical layers                    465,
       7.9  Instability in the two-layer model:  formulation       477,
       7.10  Normal modes in the two-layer model:  necessary
               conditions for instability                          481,
       7.11  Baroclinic instability in the two-layer model:
               Phillips' model                                     485,
       7.12  Effects of friction                                   492,
       7.13  Baroclinic instability of nonzonal flows              497,
       7.14  Barotropic instability                                504,
       7.15  Instability of currents with horizontal and
               vertical shear                                      512,
       7.16  Nonlinear theory of baroclinic instability            519, 
     8. Ageostrophic motion                                        540,
       8.1  Anisotropic scales                                     540,
       8.2  Continental-shelf waves                                544,
       8.3  Slow circulation of a stratified, dissipative fluid    553,
       8.4  The theory of frontogenesis                            569,
       8.5  Equatorial waves                                       586,
      Selected bibliography                                        605,
      Index                                                        619" }

Author = "Peixoto, Jose and Abraham H. Oort"
Title = "Physics of Climate"
Publisher = "American Inst. of Physics"
Year = "1992"
Pages = "520"
ISBN = "0-88318-711-6 (0-88318-712-4 pbk.)"
LOC = "Q C981 P434 1991"
Table of contents:

    1. Introduction                                                   1,
      1.1  Scope and background                                       1,
      1.2  Layout of the book                                         4,
    2. Nature of the problem                                          8,
      2.1  Introduction                                               8,
      2.2  Basic concepts of thermodynamic systems                    9,
      2.3  Components of the climate system                          13,
      2.4  The climate system                                        18,
      2.5  Feedback processes in the climate system                  26,
    3. Basic equations for the atmosphere and oceans                 32,
      3.1  Equation of continuity                                    32,
      3.2  Equations of motion                                       34,
      3.3  Vorticity equation                                        42,
      3.4  Thermodynamic energy equation and some applications       46,
      3.5  Equation of state                                         51,
      3.6  Equation of water vapor                                   58,
      3.7  Summary of the basic equations in Lagrangian and
             Eulerian form                                           58,
    4. Various decompositions of the circulation                     61,
      4.1  Transient and stationary eddies                           61,
      4.2  Spectral analysis of meteorological fields                65,
      4.3  Empirical orthogonal function analysis                    67,
    5. The data                                                      70,
      5.1  Observational networks                                    70,
      5.2  Data processing techniques                                81,
      5.3  Objective analysis methods                                84,
      5.4  Other atmospheric data sets                               88,
    6. Radiation balance                                             91, 
      6.1  Introduction                                              91,
      6.2  Physical radiation laws                                   95,
      6.3  Solar radiation                                           98,
      6.4  Terrestrial radiation                                    104,
      6.5  Radiative transfer                                       110,
      6.6  Radiation balance of the atmosphere                      114,
      6.7  Radiation balance at the earth's surface                 116,
      6.8  Observed radiation balance                               117,
    7. Observed mean state of the atmosphere                        131,
      7.1  Atmospheric mass and pressure                            131,
      7.2  Mean temperature structure of the atmosphere             137,
      7.3  Mean geopotential height structure of the atmosphere     144,
      7.4  Mean atmospheric circulation                             149,
      7.5  Mean kinetic energy in the atmosphere                    162,
      7.6  Precipitation, evaporation, runoff, and cloudiness       165,
    8. Observed mean state of the oceans                            176,
      8.1  Mean temperature structure of the oceans                 176,
      8.2  Mean salinity structure of the oceans                    187,
      8.3  Mean density structure of the oceans                     190,
      8.4  Mean ocean circulation                                   196,
      8.5  Surface kinetic energy of the oceans                     206,
    9. Observed mean state of the cryosphere                        207,
      9.1  Role of the cryosphere in the climate                    207,
      9.2  General features of the cryosphere                       210,
      9.3  Ice sheets and glaciers                                  211,
      9.4  Sea ice                                                  212,
      9.5  Snow                                                     214,
      9.6  Permafrost                                               315,
   10. Exchange processes between the Earth's surface and the 
         atmosphere                                                 216,
     10.1  Introduction                                             216,
     10.2  Energy budget at the surface                             217,
     10.3  Development of the planetary boundary layer              222,
     10.4  Exchange of momentum                                     226,
     10.5  Transfer of mechanical energy into the oceans            231,
     10.6  Exchange of sensible heat                                232,
     10.7  Exchange of water vapor, evaporation                     233,
     10.8  Formation of atmospheric aerosol                         240,
   11. Angular momentum cycle                                       241,
     11.1  Balance equations for angular momentum                   241,
     11.2  Observed cycle of angular momentum                       255,
   12. Water cycle                                                  270,
     12.1  Formulation of the hydrological cycle                    270,
     12.2  Equations of hydrology                                   273,
     12.3  Observed atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle    278,
     12.4  Synthesis of the water balance                           297,
     12.5  Hydrology of the polar regions                           302,
   13. Energetics                                                   308,
     13.1  Basic forms of energy                                    308,
     13.2  Energy balance equations                                 310,
     13.3  Observed energy balance                                  319,
     13.4  Energetics of the polar regions                          353,
   14. The ocean--atmosphere heat engine                            365,
     14.1  Availability of energy in the atmosphere                 365,
     14.2  Availability of energy in the ocean                      370,
     14.3  Balance equations for kinetic and available potential
             energy                                                 373,
     14.4  Observed energy cycle in the atmosphere                  379,
     14.5  Maintenance and forcing of the zonal--mean state of
             the atmosphere                                         385,
     14.6  Observed energy cycle in the oceans                      393,
   15. Entropy in the climate system                                401,
     15.1  Introduction                                             401,
     15.2  Balance equation of entropy                              403,
     15.3  Observed entropy budget of the atmosphere                407,
   16. Interannual and interdecadal variability in the
         climate system                                             412,
     16.1  Introduction                                             412,
     16.2  Quasibiennial oscillation                                413,
     16.3  ENSO phenomenon                                          415,
     16.4  Regional teleconnections                                 426,
     16.5  Interdecadal fluctuations and trends                     433,
     16.6  Somme special climate phenomena                          444,
   17. Mathematical simulation of climate                           450,
     17.1  Introduction                                             450,
     17.2  Mathematical and physical structure of climate models    451,
     17.3  Hierarchy of climate models                              463,
     17.4  General circulation models                               464,
     17.5  Statistical dynamical models                             467,
     17.6  Uses and applications of models                          473,
    Appendix A:  Analysis in terms of Fourier components            481,
    Appendix B:  Analsyis in terms of Empirical Orthogonal
       Functions (EOFs)                                             492,
    References                                                      497,
    Name index                                                      509,
    Subject index                                                   513" }

Author = "Philander, S. George"
Title = "El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation"
Publisher = "Academic Press, N.Y."
Year = "1990"
Pages = "289"
LOC = "GC 296.8 E4 P48"
ISBN = "0-12-553235-0"
Table of contents:

         Introduction                                                1,
     1. The Southern Oscillation:  Variability of the
          tropical atmosphere,
        1.1  Introduction                                            9,
        1.2  The seasonal cycle                                     13,
        1.3  Interannual variability                                23,
        1.4  A "composite" El Nino                                  35,
        1.5  El Nino of 1982-1983                                   38,
        1.6  Interannual variability in the Atlantic sector         42,
        1.7  Teleconnections                                        48,
        1.8  Intraseasonal fluctuations                             51,
     2. Oceanic variability in the tropics,
        2.1  Introduction                                           58,
        2.2  Mean conditions                                        61,
        2.3  The seasonal cycle                                     74,
        2.4  Interannual variability                                78,
        2.5  The Atlantic Ocean                                     86,
        2.6  The Indian Ocean                                       93,
        2.7  Instabilities                                          95,
        2.8  Mixing processes                                       99,
     3. Oceanic adjustment:  I,
        3.1  Introduction                                          103,
        3.2  The shallow-water model                               106,
        3.3  The equatorial jet                                    108,
        3.4  Waves                                                 111,
        3.5  Generation of Sverdrup flow                           132,
        3.6  Equatorial adjustment                                 136,
        3.7  Response to remote forcing                            141,
        3.8  The effects of dissipation                            146,
        3.9  The effects of mean currents                          148,
        3.10  Instabilities                                        152,
        3.11  Discussion                                           154,
     4. Oceanic adjustment:  II,
        4.1  Introduction                                          158,
        4.2  The continuously stratified model                     160,
        4.3  Vertically standing modes                             162,       
        4.4  Vertically propagating waves                          167,
        4.5  Equatorial surface jets                               173,
        4.6  The equatorial undercurrent                           177,
        4.7  Response to time-dependent forcing                    183,
        4.8  The response to cross-equatorial winds                188,
        4.9  General circulation models of the ocean               203,
     5. Models of the tropical atmosophere,
        5.1  Introduction                                          210,
        5.2  Waves                                                 212,
        5.3  The response to steady heating                        214,
        5.4  Convection in the tropics                             217,
        5.5  The atmospheric response to sea surface temperature
               variations                                          220,
        5.6  General circulation models of the atmosphere          224,
     6. Interactions between the ocean and atmosphere
        6.1  Introduction                                          230,
        6.2  Unstable interactions                                 235,
        6.3  The irregularity of the Southern Oscillation          246,
        6.4  Statistical predictions                               250,
        6.5  Dynamical predictions                                 252,
      Bibliography                                                 257,
      Index                                                        285"  }

Author = "Phillips, O. M."
Title = "The Dynamics of the Upper Ocean"
Publisher = "Cambridge University Press, New York"
Year = "1977"
Pages = "336"
LOC = "GC 211.2 P48 1977"
ISBN = "0-521-21421-1"
Table of contents:

     1. Introduction                                                1,
       1.1  The ocean environment                                   1,
       1.2  The development of the subject                          3,
     2. The equations of motion                                     7,
       2.1  Specification of the motion                             7,
       2.2  The equations of motion                                 8,
       2.3  The mechanical energy equation                         14,
       2.4  The Boussinesq approximation                           15,
       2.5  The Reynolds stresses                                  20,
       2.6  The kinematics of wave trains                          23,
       2.7  The dynamics of wave trains in moving media            26,
       2.8  Wave-wave interactions                                 27,
     3. The dynamics of surface waves                              33,
       3.1  The governing equations                                33,
       3.2  Infinitesimal waves                                    37,
       3.3  Particle motions in irrotational flow                  43,
       3.4  The influence of molecular viscosity                   45,
       3.5  Wave refraction                                        59,
       3.6  The dynamical conservation equations                   60,
       3.7  Some applications                                      70,
       3.8  Surface wave interactions                              81,
       3.9  Wave breaking                                          91,
     4. Ocean surface waves                                        99,
       4.1  The specification of a wave field                      99,
       4.2  The generation of waves by wind                       107,
       4.3  The coupling between wind and waves                   117,
       4.4  Wave interactions                                     135,
       4.5  The saturation range                                  140,
       4.6  The development of the spectrum                       159,
       4.7  Ripples and short gravity waves                       171,
       4.8  Wave propagation                                      179,
       4.9  The probability structure of the surface              183,
       4.10 The air flow over the sea                             189,
     5. Internal waves                                            199,
       5.1  Introduction                                          199,
       5.2  Infinitesimal waves                                   206,
       5.3  The lowest internal mode                              211,
       5.4  The degradation of the lowest internal mode           217,
       5.5  Small scale internal waves                            224,
       5.6  Oceanic propagation of internal waves                 232,
       5.7  Low frequency oscillations                            239,
       5.8  Internal wave spectra with general mode structure     245,
       5.9  The generation of internal waves                      252,
     6. Oceanic turbulence                                        256,
       6.1  The occurrence of turbulence                          256,
       6.2  The energy equation for the turbulence                258,
       6.3  The spectrum of turbulence                            260,
       6.4  Local similarity theory                               263,
       6.5  The spectra of temperature and salinity fluctuations  274,
       6.6  Turbulence in the surface layer                       281,
       6.7  Thermocline erosion                                   295,
     Bibliography                                                 309,
     Index                                                        329  " }

Editor = "Platt, T., K. H. Mann and R. E. Ulanowicz"
Title = "Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography"
Publisher = "UNESCO Press, Paris"
Year = "1981"
Pages = "157"
LOC = "QH 91.5 M37 P5 1981"
ISBN = "92-3-101922-8"
Table of contents:

        Introduction                                                9,
        Guide to the contents                                      11,
     1. State of the art                                           13,
       1.1  The classes of models in biological oceanography       13,
       1.2  Process models                                         19,
       1.3  Coupled process models                                 26,
       1.4  Working with models                                    37,
     2. New explorations of ecosystem properties: a holistic view  51,
       2.1  Network analyses                                       51,
       2.2  Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics               65,
     3. Implications for design of research programmes             92,
       3.1  Physiological rates and ecological fluxes              92,
       3.2  Thinking in terms of scale:  introduction to
              dimensional analysis                                112,
       3.3  Physical transports                                   121,
       3.4  Statistical design of field programmes                124,
       3.5  Ecosystems under stress                               133,
     4. General conclusions                                       138,
        References                                                141,
        Recommended mathematics readings                          157"  }

Author = "Pond, Stephen, and George L. Pickard"
Title = "Introductory Dynamic Oceanography"
Publisher = "Pergamon Press"
Year = "1978"
Pages = "241"
LOC = "QA 201"
ISBN = "0-08-021614-5 (0-08-021615-3 pbk.)"
Table of contents:

    1. Introduction                                                     1,
    2. Properties of sea water relevant to physical oceanography        4,
    3. The basic physical laws used in oceanography and classifications
         of forces and motions in the sea                              12,
    4. The equation of continuity of volume                            15,
    5. Stability and double diffusion                                  23,
    6. The equation of motion in oceangraphy                           31,
    7. The role of the non--linear terms in the equations of motion    39,
    8. Currents without friction:  Geostrophic flow                    55,
    9. Currents with friction                                          81,
   10. Thermohaline effects                                           134,
   11. Numerical models                                               144,
   12. Waves                                                          168,
   13. Tides                                                          196,
   14. Some presently active and future work                          210,
    App. I - Mathematical review with some elementary fluid
       mechanics                                                      214,
    App. II - Units used in physical oceanography                     226,
    References                                                        230,
    Index                                                             235" }

Author = "Priesendorfer, Rudolph W."
Title = "Principal Component Analysis in Meteorology and Oceanography"
Publisher = "Elsevier, N.Y."
Year = "1988"
Pages = "425"
ISBN = "0-444-43014-8"
Table of contents:

     1. Introduction                                                1,
       a. An overview of PCA,
       b. Outline of the book,
       c. A brief history of PCA,
       d. Acknowledgments,
     2. Algebraic foundations of PCA                               11,
       a. Introductory example:  bivariate data sets               12,
       b. PCA: real-valued scalar fields                           25,
       c. PCA: complex-valued scalar fields                        44,
       d. Bibliographic notes and miscellaneous topics             61,
     3. Dynamical origins of PCA                                   89,
       a. One-dimensional harmonic motion                          89,
       b. Two-dimensional wave motion                             111,
       c. Dynamical origins of linear regression (LR)             117,
       d. Random processes and Karhunen-Loeve analysis            120,
       e. Stationary processes and PCA                            123,
       f. Bibliographic notes                                     156,
     4. Extensions of PCA to multivariate fields                  159,
       a. Categories of data and modes of analysis                159,
       b. Local PCA of a general vector field                     162,
       c. Global PCA of a general vector field: time-modulation
           form                                                   167,
       d. Global PCA of a general vector field: space-modulation
           form                                                   173,
       e. PCA of spectral components of a general vector field    178,
       f. Bibliographic notes and miscellaneous topics            182,
     5. Selection rules for PCA                                   192,
       a. Random reference data sets                              193,
       b. Dynamical origins of the dominant-variance selection
            rules                                                 195,
       c. Rule A4                                                 197,
       d. Rule N                                                  199,
       e. Rule M                                                  205,
       f. Comments on dominant-variance rules                     207,
       g. Dynamical origins of the time-history selection rules   207,
       h. Rule KS2                                                208,
       i. Rules AMP-lambda                                        211,
       j. Rule Q                                                  214,
       k. Selection rules for vector-valued fields                215,
       l. A space-map selection rule                              219,
       m. Bibliographic notes and miscellaneous topics            234,
     6. Factor analysis (FA) and PCA                              253,
       a. Comparison of PCA, LRA and FA                           253,
       b. The central problems of FA                              257,
       c. Bibliographic notes                                     260,
     7. Diagnostic procedures via PCA and FA                      265,
       a. Dual interpretation of a data set:  state space and
            sample space                                          265,
       b. Interpreting E-frames in PCA state space                267,
       c. Informative and uninformative E-frames in PCA state
            space                                                 271,
       d. Rotating E-frames in PCA state space (varimax)          273,
       e. Projections onto E-frames in PCA state space
            (procrustes)                                          278,
       f. Interpreting A-frames in PCA sample space               282,
       g. Rotating A-frames in PCA sample space (varimax)         282,
       h. Projections onto A-frames in PCA sample space
            (procrustes)                                          284,
       i. Detecting clusters of points in PCA state or
            sample spaces                                         285,
       j. The analagous PCA interpretations and transformations
            in FA                                                 288,
       k. Bibliographic notes                                     289,
     8. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) and PCA              293,
       a. The singular value decomposition (SVD) of two data sets 294,
       b. The correlation probe                                   295,
       c. Maximizing the correlation function alpha(r,s)          297,
       d. Canonical correlations                                  300,
       e. Canonical component representations of data sets        304,
       f. Selection rules for CCA                                 309,
       g. Bibliographic notes                                     315,
     9. Linear regression analysis (LRA) and PCA                  322,
       a. Basic regression equations                              322,
       b. Regression using PCA frames                             325,
       c. Regression using CCA frames                             327,
       d. Regression hindcast skill                               334,
       e. Regression signal-to-noise ratio                        340,
       f. Significant hindcast skill                              344,
       g. Bibliographic notes                                     350,
    10. Statistical-dynamical models and PCA                      352,
       a. Example 1:  A linear two-dimensional damped-wave model  352,
       b. Example 2:  Linearized primitive equations for the
            atmosphere and oceans                                 357,
       c. Bibliographic notes                                     362,
    11. The eigenvector-partition problem                         365,
       a. PCA on partitioned domains                              365,
       b. Iterative improvement of the optimal combinations       369,
       c. Generalizations of th eigenvector-partition problem     371,
       d. Bibliographic notes                                     371,
    12. Complex harmonic PCA (CH-PCA) of random multivariate
          fields                                                  373,
       a. Elementary moving-pattern analysis via real harmonic
            analysis (RHA)                                        374,
       b. Single data set; RHA first, PCA second:  standing waves 375,
       c. Essentials of complex harmonic analysis (CHA)           376,
       d. Single data set; PCA first, CHA second:  standing waves 379,
       e. Single data set; CHA first, PCA second:  traveling
            waves                                                 380,
       f. CH-PCA of an ensemble of data sets                      385,
       g. Traveling-wave analysis by CH-PCA of random
            multivariate fields                                   388,
       h. Selection rules for CH-PCA                              390,
       i. Return to the time domain in CH-PCA                     393,
       j. Bibliogrpahic notes                                     399,
      References                                                  402,
      Index                                                       419"  }

Author = "Proudman, J."
Title = "Dynamical Oceanography"
Publisher = "John Wiley and Sons"
Year = "1953"
Pages = "409"
Table of contents:

\begin{enumerate}
\item Gravity and the rotation of the earth
\item Continuity and acceleration
\item Pressure
\item Gradient-currents
\item Stationary accelerated currents
\item Turbulence
\item Mixing of sea-water
\item Internal friction in parallel currents
\item Internal friction and geostrophic effects
\item Thermodynamics of the ocean
\item Seiches in lakes and tides in gulfs and channels
\item Long progressive waves
\item Response to tide-generating forces and to varying
         atmospheric pressure
\item Frictional effects on tides and seiches
\item Internal seiches, tides and waves
\item Waves of short period
\end{enumerate}" }


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