An Introduction to Physical Oceanography |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
FLUID MECHANICS 80 888 | 16 |
ON GEOLOGICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL BACKGROUNDS | 23 |
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Amer amplitude angle Antarctic anticyclonic Atlantic Ocean atmosphere average barotropic bottom cable circulation cm/sec component continental Coriolis force Coriolis parameter crust cyclonic deep Deep-Sea Res density depth direction distance dynamic earth rotation effects Ekman Ekman layer Ekman spiral equator equatorial evaporation flow friction Fuglister geostrophic gm/cm³ gravity Gulf Stream heat horizontal Hydrographic inertial isobaric isotherms latitude layer m³/sec magnetic main thermocline maximum measured meridional meters method moon moving nautical miles navigation North Atlantic Northern Hemisphere observations ocean currents Oceanography Pacific particle Phil physical poleward pressure gradient force radiation regions relative salinity scale sea surface sea water ship slope solar Source Book speed Stommel Straits of Florida Sverdrup temperature tends thermocline tidal tide tion Trans transport U.S. Coast U.S. Navy velocity vertical volume vorticity water masses water motion wavelength waves wind wind-driven world ocean Wüst