556
Mercalli Intensity Scale 102
Merian formula 104, 105
metacentre height 23, 24
metric system 473
basic units 474-475
derived units 475-478
mesoscale eddies 213
microstructure 200
Mississippi River 406, 451
mixing 281
flushing time 288
tidal mixing 463-466
tidal prism method 289
MODE 224
model T Ford 59
Monte Carlo simulation 276-278
Munk, W. H. 95
Murray's law 382
Nansen, F. 213
NATRE 281
Navier, C.L.M.H. 486
NCAR 223
nearshore circulation 252
Newton, 1. 155
Nikuradse roughness size 74
Nile River 406
node point 104
normal atmosphere 5, 477
NORPAX 224
North Sea 14, 105, 177, l78, 307
Norwegian Sea 6, 223
nutrient concentration 402, 408
nutrient transportation 403, 404, 454
oceanic general circulation 222-224,
233
oxygen
concentration profile 12
saturation 12
Pacific Ocean 12, 14, 94, 99-101, 212,
219, 222, 225, 226, 232, 233,
235, 243, 282, 286, 306, 316,
319, 455
pathline 25
peak frequency 151
Peclet number 261, 325
phi scale 15, 16
Phillips constant 151
Subject Index
Phillips' theory of wave generation 89
Phillips-Miles model 89, 90
phytoplankton 14, 402, 408, 454-457,
460-463
photosynthesis 12, 13, 14, 402, 403
piezometric head 19, 30, 75
plankton patchiness 460-461
Pliny 89
Poisson, S. 340
Poisson ratio 340, 341, 346
POLYMODE 224
Prandtl's law of friction 76
precipitation 3
pressure drag 54-56
pressure head 19, 30
primary production 401, 402
at oceanic fronts 459-460
in coastal upwelling 454-459
in estuaries 403, 406, 407
probability density function 143-145,
334
normal 143, 256
probability
complementary probability distribution 144, 145
coral dislodgement 443-445
cumulative probability distribution 144, 145
Rayleigh distribution 145
pycnocline 183
Pytheas 307
radiation stress 248, 250
random functions 150
reduced gravity 239, 290
resonance mechanism 89
Reynolds number 33-36, 52, 53, 55, 57,
67, 73, 140, 325, 359, 360, 369,
379, 384, 387, 490
local 41, 42, 45
Reynolds, Osborne 34
Reynolds stress 39
Richardson, L.E. 33
Richardson number 266, 283, 291, 325,
405,458
river plume 408-411
Mercalli Intensity Scale 102
Merian formula 104, 105
metacentre height 23, 24
metric system 473
basic units 474-475
derived units 475-478
mesoscale eddies 213
microstructure 200
Mississippi River 406, 451
mixing 281
flushing time 288
tidal mixing 463-466
tidal prism method 289
MODE 224
model T Ford 59
Monte Carlo simulation 276-278
Munk, W. H. 95
Murray's law 382
Nansen, F. 213
NATRE 281
Navier, C.L.M.H. 486
NCAR 223
nearshore circulation 252
Newton, 1. 155
Nikuradse roughness size 74
Nile River 406
node point 104
normal atmosphere 5, 477
NORPAX 224
North Sea 14, 105, 177, l78, 307
Norwegian Sea 6, 223
nutrient concentration 402, 408
nutrient transportation 403, 404, 454
oceanic general circulation 222-224,
233
oxygen
concentration profile 12
saturation 12
Pacific Ocean 12, 14, 94, 99-101, 212,
219, 222, 225, 226, 232, 233,
235, 243, 282, 286, 306, 316,
319, 455
pathline 25
peak frequency 151
Peclet number 261, 325
phi scale 15, 16
Phillips constant 151
Subject Index
Phillips' theory of wave generation 89
Phillips-Miles model 89, 90
phytoplankton 14, 402, 408, 454-457,
460-463
photosynthesis 12, 13, 14, 402, 403
piezometric head 19, 30, 75
plankton patchiness 460-461
Pliny 89
Poisson, S. 340
Poisson ratio 340, 341, 346
POLYMODE 224
Prandtl's law of friction 76
precipitation 3
pressure drag 54-56
pressure head 19, 30
primary production 401, 402
at oceanic fronts 459-460
in coastal upwelling 454-459
in estuaries 403, 406, 407
probability density function 143-145,
334
normal 143, 256
probability
complementary probability distribution 144, 145
coral dislodgement 443-445
cumulative probability distribution 144, 145
Rayleigh distribution 145
pycnocline 183
Pytheas 307
radiation stress 248, 250
random functions 150
reduced gravity 239, 290
resonance mechanism 89
Reynolds number 33-36, 52, 53, 55, 57,
67, 73, 140, 325, 359, 360, 369,
379, 384, 387, 490
local 41, 42, 45
Reynolds, Osborne 34
Reynolds stress 39
Richardson, L.E. 33
Richardson number 266, 283, 291, 325,
405,458
river plume 408-411