Evolution of Physical Oceanography

Part 4

TEXTBOOK CONTENTS	FILES
Part 4: Ocean and Atmosphere
17: Air-Sea Interaction, H. Charnock, pp. 482-503 17.1 Introduction, p. 482  17.2 The Surface Layer, pp. 483-485  17.3 The Lower Boundary, pp. 486-489  17.4 Waves, pp. 490-494  17.5 The Atmospheric Boundary Layer, pp. 495-503	Chapter 17 - complete (PDF - 2.1MB) Chapter 17 - sections: 17.1 - 17.3 (PDF)  17.4 - 17.5 (PDF - 1.3MB)
18: Oceanic Analogues of Large-Scale Atmospheric Motions, Jule G. Charney and Glenn R. Flierl, pp. 504-549 18.1 Introduction, p. 504  18.2 The General Circulation of Oceans and Atmospheres Compared, p. 505  18.3 The Transient Motions, pp. 506-507  18.4 The Geostrophic Formalism, pp. 508-519  18.5 Linear Quasi-Geostrophic Dynamics of a Stratified Ocean, pp. 520-524  18.6 Friction in Quasi-Geostrophic Systems, pp. 525-528  18.7 Nonlinear Motions, pp. 529-543  18.8 Summary Remarks, pp. 544-545  Appendix: The Quasi-Geostrophic Equations, pp. 546-547  Notes, pp. 548-549	Chapter 18 - complete (PDF - 4.8MB) Chapter 18 - sections: 18.1 - 18.5 (PDF - 2.4MB)  18.6 - Notes (PDF - 2.6MB)