554
estuaries 286-297
classification 286
partly mixed 287, 292-296
salt-wedge 287, 290, 291
well-mixed 288, 296
Euler formula 509
Euler, L. 26, 487
Euler number 36, 325
Eulerian method 25, 26, 279, 308
evaporation 3
Exmouth Gulf 311
external fertilization 414, 415
Fast Fourier Transform method 143,
329, 332
fathom 474
Fick, A. 258
fineness ratio 49, 56
flexure formula 343, 436
flow
coastal water 244-252
geostrophic 210
irrotational 27, 481, 487, 491, 497
laminar 32
on continental shelf 234
rotational 27, 481
steady 26
turbulent 32, 36, 39
unsteady 26
flow in ducts 69, 76, 377-380
laminar 70, 73
turbulent 73, 76, 460
flow in organisms 377
bifurcation 381-382
blood vessels 381, 383
gills 381, 388
lungs 388
oxygen supply 388-390
pressure pulse propagation 385387
fluid 3
gas 3
liquid 3
Newtonian 7
non-Newtonian 7, 383
perfect 29, 52, 496
real 52
fluid mats 451, 452
fluid particle 24
displacement 117
flushing time 288, 434
Fly River 396, 406
force
body 484
Subject Index
Coriolis 170, 202, 203
drag 49, 58, 141, 421, 435, 449
inertia 50, 63, 67, 141, 449
lift 50, 59-63
on circular cylinder 50-54
shear 343, 490
surface 484
wave-induced 140-l42
Fourier, J. 147
Fourier series 147-149
Fourier transform 143
fractals 389-390
Fraser River 404
frequency
Brunt-Vaisala 183, 184, 188, 191,
193, 195, 267, 407, 463
cut-off 326
fish tail-beat 323, 362
inertial 191
natural 449
Nyquist 326
peak 97, 151
freshwater 5
friction drag 54-56
friction factor 75, 76, 140
friction velocity 44, 46, 47
Froude number 36, 290, 325
Galapagos Islands 228
GATE 224
Gaussian curve 256, 271, 273, 276, 397
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 222, 223
geophysical fluid dynamics 79
George Bank 198, 463, 466
Green's law 127
halo cline 183
harmonic analysis 149
Hooke's law 339, 386
hydrodynamics 17, 24
hydrofoils 50, 60-63