RES.12-000 | Spring 2007 | Graduate

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)

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