552
buoyancy 21, 23, 24, 353-357
buoyancy index 68
Buys-Ballot's Law 203
capillarity 11
chlorophyll a 402, 457, 458
chord 61, 62
circular function 507-509
circulation 62, 482
coagulation process 13
combined refraction and diffraction
430
complex numbers 500, 507, 509
concentration 258
for molecular diffusion 259, 263,
268
for turbulent diffusion 263, 267
continental shelf 234, 235
continental rise 234
continental slope 234
shelf break 234
convection 254
coordinate system
cylindrical 489, 494
Cartesian system 17
geographic system 18
coral reefs 428
coral branch proportion 434-441
coral cays 432
coral dislodgement 441-446
coral spawning 459
forces on corals 442
Great Barrier Reef (GBR) 236,
237, 410, 411, 415, 432, 442,
445
water circulation 433-434
wave transformation 428-433
Coral Sea 206
Coriolis effect 171, 201, 209
Corio lis parameter 106, 173, 202, 209,
215, 239
Cox number 267
critical current velocity 436, 439
CUEA 224
currents 201
Agulhas 100, 101, 236, 237
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
212, 213, 223
Subject Index
Antarctic Convergence 243
Benguela Current 212, 242
Brazil Current 212, 235
California Current 212, 242
Canary Current 212, 242
Cromwell Current 213
East Auckland Current 235, 236,
318
East Australian Current 212, 235,
236
East Greenland Current 212
East Wind Drift 243
Equatorial Countercurrent 212,
219, 244, 455
Equatorial Undercurrent 213, 219,
244, 455
geostrophic 210
gradient current 247
Gulf Stream 9, 211, 212, 213, 235
in non-homogeneous ocean 220
Kuroshio Current 212, 235
Labrador Current 212
longshore current 247-250
nearshore circulation 247,251,252
North Atlantic Current 212
North Equatorial Current 212, 219
North Pacific Current 212
ocean gyres 211, 223, 235
Oyasho Current 212
Peru Current 212, 240
rip currents 247, 250, 251
South Equatorial Current 212, 219
tidal currents 247
West Wind Drift 244
D' Alembert paradox 50, 64, 496
Danube River 406
data assimilation 177, 317
data processing 326-334
aliasing error 327
data windows 333
degrees of freedom 331
filtering 328-329
Hanning window 331, 333
sampling 326
standardization 328
tapering windows 331
trend removal 328-329
buoyancy 21, 23, 24, 353-357
buoyancy index 68
Buys-Ballot's Law 203
capillarity 11
chlorophyll a 402, 457, 458
chord 61, 62
circular function 507-509
circulation 62, 482
coagulation process 13
combined refraction and diffraction
430
complex numbers 500, 507, 509
concentration 258
for molecular diffusion 259, 263,
268
for turbulent diffusion 263, 267
continental shelf 234, 235
continental rise 234
continental slope 234
shelf break 234
convection 254
coordinate system
cylindrical 489, 494
Cartesian system 17
geographic system 18
coral reefs 428
coral branch proportion 434-441
coral cays 432
coral dislodgement 441-446
coral spawning 459
forces on corals 442
Great Barrier Reef (GBR) 236,
237, 410, 411, 415, 432, 442,
445
water circulation 433-434
wave transformation 428-433
Coral Sea 206
Coriolis effect 171, 201, 209
Corio lis parameter 106, 173, 202, 209,
215, 239
Cox number 267
critical current velocity 436, 439
CUEA 224
currents 201
Agulhas 100, 101, 236, 237
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
212, 213, 223
Subject Index
Antarctic Convergence 243
Benguela Current 212, 242
Brazil Current 212, 235
California Current 212, 242
Canary Current 212, 242
Cromwell Current 213
East Auckland Current 235, 236,
318
East Australian Current 212, 235,
236
East Greenland Current 212
East Wind Drift 243
Equatorial Countercurrent 212,
219, 244, 455
Equatorial Undercurrent 213, 219,
244, 455
geostrophic 210
gradient current 247
Gulf Stream 9, 211, 212, 213, 235
in non-homogeneous ocean 220
Kuroshio Current 212, 235
Labrador Current 212
longshore current 247-250
nearshore circulation 247,251,252
North Atlantic Current 212
North Equatorial Current 212, 219
North Pacific Current 212
ocean gyres 211, 223, 235
Oyasho Current 212
Peru Current 212, 240
rip currents 247, 250, 251
South Equatorial Current 212, 219
tidal currents 247
West Wind Drift 244
D' Alembert paradox 50, 64, 496
Danube River 406
data assimilation 177, 317
data processing 326-334
aliasing error 327
data windows 333
degrees of freedom 331
filtering 328-329
Hanning window 331, 333
sampling 326
standardization 328
tapering windows 331
trend removal 328-329