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Editor = "Warren, Bruce A. and Carl Wunsch"
Title = "Evolution of Physical Oceanography: Scientific Surveys in Honor
of Henry Stommel"
Publisher = "MIT Press, Mass."
Year = "1981"
Pages = "623"
LOC = "GC 150.7 E9"
ISBN = "0-262-23104-2"
Table of contents:
1. Deep circulation of the world ocean - Bruce A. Warren 6,
2. The water masses of the world ocean: some results of
a fine-scale census - L. V. Worthington 42,
3. On the mid-depth circulation of the world ocean -
Joseph L. Reid 70,
4. The Gulf Stream system - N. P. Fofonoff 112,
5. Dynamics of large-scale ocean circulation - George
Veronis 140,
6. Equatorial currents: observations and theory - Ants
Leetmaa, Julian P. McCreary, Jr., & Dennis W. Moore 184,
7. On estuarine and continental-shelf circulation in the
Middle Atlantic Bight - Robert C. Beardsley &
William C. Boicourt 198,
8. Small-scale mixing processes - J. S. Turner 236,
9. Internal waves and small-scale processes - Walter Munk 264,
10. Long waves and ocean tides - Myrl C. Hendershott 292,
11. Low-frequency variability of the sea 342,
12. Some varieties of biological oceanography - J. H. Steele 376,
13. The amplitude of convection - Willem V. R. Malkus 384,
14. Ocean instruments and experiment design - D. James
Baker, Jr. 396,
15. Geochemical tracers and ocean circulation - W.S. Broecker 434,
16. The origin and development of laboratory models and
analogues of the ocean circulation - Alan J. Fuller 462,
17. Air-sea interaction - H. Charnock 482,
18. Oceanic analogues of large scale atmospheric motions -
Jule G. Charney & Glenn R. Flierl 504,
Acknowledgments and permissions 550,
Reference list 554,
Index 612,
Contributors 622 " }
Author = "Washington, Warren M. and Claire L. Parkinson"
Title = "An Introduction to Three-Dimensional Climate Modeling"
Publisher = "University Science Books, Mill Valley, CA"
Year = "1986"
LOC = "86-050345"
ISBN = "0-935702-52-0"
Table of contents:
1. Introduction and historical development 1,
2. Physical description of the climate system 9,
2.1 Atmosphere 9,
2.2 Oceans 25,
2.3 Sea ice 37,
2.4 Atmosphere/ocean/ice interconnections 46,
3. Basic model equations 57,
3.1 Fundamental equations 57,
3.2 Summary of basic predictive equations for the
atmosphere 73,
3.3 Vertical coordinate systems 74,
3.4 Atmospheric and ocean dynamics 79,
3.5 Early general circulation models of the atmosphere 87,
3.6 Radiative and cloud processes 89,
3.7 Surface processes 121,
3.8 Ocean models 130,
3.9 Quasi-geostrophic ocean circulation model 139,
3.10 Sea ice models 141,
4. Basic methods of solving model equations 161,
4.1 Finite differences 163,
4.2 Finite differencing in two dimensions 169,
4.3 Spectral method 181,
4.4 Spherical representation 188,
4.5 Spectral transform technique 192,
4.6 Vertical representation 205,
5. Examples of simulations of present-day climate 209,
5.1 Simulations of the atmosphere 212,
5.2 Simulations of the ocean 225,
5.3 Simulations of sea ice 237,
5.4 Coupled atmosphere, ocean, sea ice simulations 252,
5.5 Modeling groups 254,
6. Climate sensitivity experiments 259,
6.1 Paleoclimate simulations 259,
6.2 Simulations of El Nino/Southern Oscillation 269,
6.3 Possible climatic effects due to nuclear war 283,
6.4 Overview of climate sensitivity studies 288,
7. Outlook for future developments 291,
App. A - Vector calculus 299,
App. B - Legendre polynomials and Gaussian quadrature 311,
App. C - Derivation of energy equations 319,
App. D - Finite difference barotropic forecast model 323,
App. E - Spectral transform technique 331,
App. F - Finite difference shallow water wave equation model 357,
App. G - Atmosphere general circulation model equations 367,
App. H - Unit abbreviations 379,
App. I - Physical constants in SI units 381,
App. J - Conversions 383,
App. K - Greek alphabet 385,
App. L - Acronyms 387,
References 391,
Index 415" }
Author = "Weiyan, Tan"
Title = "Shallow Water Hydrodynamics: Mathematical Theory and Numerical
Solution for a Two-dimensional System of Shallow Water Equations"
Publisher = "Elsevier, Amsterdam"
Year = "1992"
Pages = "434"
LOC = "TC 153 W45 1992"
ISBN = "0-444-98751-7 (Vol. 55)"
Table of contents:
1. Background in mechanics 1,
1.1 Physical objects 1,
1.2 System of fluid-dynamics equations for homogeneous
isotropic incompressible flows 3,
1.3 Two-dimensional system of shallow water equations
(2D SSWE) 17,
1.4 Physical meanings of various terms in 2-D SSWE 26,
1.5 Various forms of 2-D SSWE 38,
2. Properties of 2-D SSWE 60,
2.1 Conceptual mechanical behavior 60,
2.2 Dimensional analysis of 2-D SSWE 66,
2.3 Basic mathematics for systems of first-order quasilinear
hyperbolic equations 72,
2.4 Geometric theory of characteristics 84,
2.5 Riemann invariants 93,
2.6 Theory of nonlinear wave propagation 100,
3. Properties of the solutions of 2-D SSWE 107,
3.1 Initial and boundary conditions for well-posed problems 107,
3.2 Behavior of solutions 121,
4. Discontinuous solutions of SSWE 130,
4.1 Isentropic-flow simulation of SSWE and its limitations 130,
4.2 Discontinuous solutions of 1-D first-order hyperbolic
systems 135,
4.3 Introduction to 20-D discontinuous solutions 150,
4.4 Mathematical conditions of shock waves for 2-D SSWE 155,
5. Preliminary review of finite difference methods 161,
5.1 General description 161,
5.2 Basic performance of a difference scheme 168,
5.3 Basic difference schemes for first-order hyperbolic
systems in one space dimension 187,
5.4 FDMs for the computation of 1-D unsteady open flows 193,
6. Difference schemes for 2-D SSWE 206,
6.1 FDMs for the solution of 2-D SSWE in nonconservative
form 206,
6.2 FDMs for the solution of 2-D SSWE in conservative form 215,
6.3 Fractional-step methods methods and splitting-up
algorithms 219,
6.4 Fracional-step difference schemes for 2-D unsteady
flow computations 223,
6.5 FDMs for curvilinear meshes 234,
6.6 Finite volume method (FVM) 241,
7. Numerical solutions using finite element methods 245,
7.1 Related principles in variational calculus 245,
7.2 Piecewise approximation of plane problems and
convergence of FEM solutions 251,
7.3 FEM for 2-D unsteady open flows 264,
7.4 Several classes of special FEMs 272,
8. Techniques for the implementation of algorithms 283,
8.1 Computational math 283,
8.2 Classical techniques for improving computational
stability and accuracy 308,
9. New developments of difference schemes for 2-D first-order
hyperbolic systems of equations 334,
9.1 General description 334,
9.2 Two-dimensional methods of characteristics 342,
9.3 Characteristic-based splitting 347,
9.4 Riemann approach 360,
9.5 Approximate factorization of implicit schemes 366,
9.6 FCT algorithms and TVD schemes 369,
9.7 Square conservation schemes 382,
10. Stability analysis and boundary procedures 388,
10.1 Mathematical definitions of stability for difference
schemes 388,
10.2 von Neumann linear stability analysis 390,
10.3 Nonlinear instability 395,
10.4 Boundary procedures and their influence on numerical
solutions 400,
10.5 Stability theory for mixed problems 413,
11. Concluding remarks 418,
11.1 Requirements for an ideal finite-difference scheme 418,
11.2 Comparison of performance, merits and drawbacks
between FDM and FEM 419,
11.3 Brief introduction to other algorithms 420,
11.4 Towards a truly 2-D algorithm 424,
Index 431 " }
Author = "Whitham, G. B."
Title = "Linear and Nonlinear Waves"
Publisher = "John Wiley and Sons"
Year = "1974"
Pages = "636"
LOC = "QA 927 W48"
ISBN = "0-471-94090-9"
Table of contents:
1. Introduction and general outline 1,
2. Waves and first order equations 19,
3. Specific problems 68,
4. Burgers' equation 96,
5. Hyperbolic systems 113,
6. Gas dynamics 143,
7. The wave equation 209,
8. Shock dynamics 263,
9. The propagation of weak shocks 312,
10. Wave hierarchies 339,
11. Linear dispersive waves 363,
12. Wave patterns 403,
13. Water waves 431,
14. Nonlinear dispersion and the variational method 485,
15. Group velocities, instability, and higher order
dispersion 511,
16. Applications of the nonlinear theory 533,
17. Exact solutions; interacting solitary waves 577,
References 621,
Index 629 " }
Author = "Wiegel, Robert L."
Title = "Oceanographical Engineering"
Publisher = "Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J."
Year = "1964"
Pages = "532"
LOC = "64-23185"
Table of contents:
1. Introduction 1,
2. Theory of periodic waves 11,
3. The solitary wave 65,
4. Impulsively generated and other waves 77,
5. Tsunamis, storm surges, and harbor oscillations 95,
6. Effect of structures on waves 128,
7. Waves in shoaling water 150,
8. Wave diffraction 180,
9. Wind waves and swell 195,
10. Wave prediction 238,
11. Wave forces 248,
12. Tides and sea level changes 299,
13. Currents 310,
14. Shores and shore processes 341,
15. Some characteristics of the oceans' waters 384,
16. Mixing processes 424,
17. Functional design 442,
18. A case history 472,
19. Moorings 487,
Appendix 1: Table of functions of d/L0 514,
Appendix 2: Circular functions of x/L and t/T 525,
Appendix 3: Wave speed and length as a function of
wave period 527,
Index 529 "
Author = "Wiin-Nielsen, Aksel, and Tsing-Chang Chen"
Title = "Fundamentals of Atmospheric Energetics"
Publisher = "Oxford Univ. Press"
Year = "1993"
Pages = "376"
ISBN = "0-19-507127-1"
LOC = "QC 880 W49 1993"
Table of contents:
1. Introduction 1,
2. Some elementary considerations 4,
3. Basic aspects of atmospheric energy 15,
4. Available potential energy 31,
4.1 The quasi-geostrophic case 41,
4.2 An elementary derivation 43,
5. Baroclinic and barotropic flow 46,
6. Transports of sensible heat and momentum 55,
7. Zonal and eddy energies 70,
8. Divergent and nondivergent flow 85,
9. Wavenumber representations 95,
10. Interaction among waves 110,
11. Energetics and predictability 123,
11.1 Nondivergent, horizontal flow 124,
11.2 The quasi-geostrophic case 126,
12. Energetics of an open domain 131,
12.1 Eulerian energy budget analysis 131,
12.2 Quasi-langrangian energy budget analysis 136,
12.3 The kinetic energy budget of baroclinic and
barotropic flow in an open domain 140,
12.4 The kinetic energy budget of rotational and
divergent flow in an open domain 145,
13. Energetics of some special phenomena 151,
13.1 Subtropical jet streams 151,
13.2 Spectral energetics of blocking 162,
13.3 Energetics of stationary eddies 177,
14. Quasi-periodic variation of atmospheric energetics 194,
14.1 Annual variation in the northern hemisphere 195,
14.2 Annual variation of the kinetic energy budget over
North America 204,
14.3 Vacillation of atmospheric energetics 210,
15. Energetics of the tropics: planetary scale 224,
15.1 Overview of tropical planetary-scale circulation 224,
15.2 Conventional spectral energetics 231,
15.3 Low-frequency variation of tropical energetics 237,
15.4 Spectral energetics of baroclinic and barotropic
flows 246,
15.5 Spectral energetics of tropic divergent and
rotational flows 251,
15.6 Spectral analysis of the tropical enstrophy 257,
15.7 Kinetic energy budget of the tropical easterly
jet 268,
15.8 Exchange of kinetic energy between low and middle
latitudes 271,
16. Energetics of the tropics: synoptic scale 275,
16.1 Equatorial waves over the western Pacific 276,
16.2 African waves 283,
16.3 Monsoon depression 291,
17. Energetics of the southern hemisphere 297,
17.1 Comparison of the annual variations in the
atmospheric energetics between the southern
and northern hemispheres 299,
17.2 Spectral energetics 309,
17.3 Vacillation of the southern hemisphere atmospheric
energetics 315,
17.4 Jet streams 320,
Problems 330,
Exercises 342,
Answers 351,
Bibliography 354,
Author index 369,
Subject index 371 " }
Author = "Wylie, Francis E."
Title = "Tides and the Pull of the Moon"
Publisher = "Berkley"
Year = "1980"
Pages = "253"
ISBN = "0-425-04545-5"
Table of contents:
I. Star of our life
II. Boiling on the waters
III. Mechanics of the tides
IV. Waves, seiches, and amphidromes
V. High winds, high tides
VI. NOAA's ark
VII. Currents, bores and maelstroms
VIII. Tides of earth and air
IX. Grit in the clockwork
X. Tides and earthquakes
XI. Tsunami
XII. Tides and shores
XIII. Tides of life
XIV. Tides of war
XV. Tidal power
S. Baum
Dept. of Oceanography
Texas A&M University
baum@astra.tamu.edu