Content:
List of acronyms
Pages xv-xxi
List of symbols
Pages xxiii-xxv
Foreword
Pages xxvii-xxix
Kirk Bryan
Preface
Pages xxx-xxxii
LakshmiH. Kantha, CarolAnne Clayson
Prologue
Pages xxxiii-xxxvi
Chapter 1 Introduction to ocean dynamics
Pages 1-126,I-IV
Chapter 2 Introduction to numerical solutions
Pages 127-245
Chapter 3 Equatorial dynamics and reduced gravity models
Pages 247-290
Chapter 4 Midlatitude dynamics and quasi-geostrophic models
Pages 291-336
Chapter 5 High latitude dynamics and sea-ice models
Pages 337-373
Chapter 6 Tides and tidal modeling
Pages 375-492
Chapter 7 Coastal dynamics and barotropic models
Pages 493-528
Chapter 8 Data and data processing
Pages 529-576
Chapter 9 Sigma-coordinate regional and coastal models
Pages 577-625
Chapter 10 Multilevel basin scale and global models
Pages 627-660
Chapter 11 Layered and isopycnal models
Pages 661-673
Chapter 12 Ice-Ocean coupled models
Pages 675-697
Chapter 13 Ocean-atmosphere coupled models
Pages 699-727
Chapter 14 Data assimilation and nowcasts/forecasts
Pages 729-776
Appendix a Equations of state
Pages 777-781
Appendix b Wavelet transforms
Pages 783-818
Appendix c Empirical orthogonal functions and empirical normal modes
Pages 819-850
Appendix d Units and constants
Pages 851-864
References
Pages 865-909
Biographies
Pages 911-913
Index
Pages 915-936
International geophysics series
Pages 937-940