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DYNAMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
10.STABILITY OF ZONAL FLOWS
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10.1 Quasi-geostrophic theory
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10.2 Barotropic instability
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10.3 The Eady model
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10.4 Mechanism of baroclinic instability
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10.5 The Phillips model
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10.6 Exercises on chapter 10
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Part III Equatorial circulation
11.EQUATORIAL OCEAN CIRCULATION
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11.1 Characteristics
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11.2 Equatorial ocean models
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11.2.1 Constant density equatorial β-plane model
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11.2.2 The reduced gravity model
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11.3 The Equatorial Counter Current
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11.4 Equatorial waves
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11.5 Forced response in a basin
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11.6 The equatorial thermocline
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11.7 Exercises on chapter 11
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12.DYNAMICS OF ENSO
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12.1 Basic Phenomena
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12.2 A coupled ocean-atmosphere system
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12.2.1 Processes determining the SST
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12.2.2 Wind induced ocean flow anomalies
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12.2.3 Feedbacks
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12.3 The delayed oscillator view of ENSO
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12.4 Exercises on chapter 12
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Part IV Planetary circulation
13.THERMOCLINE PROBLEM
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13.1 Characteristics of the thermocline
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13.2 Formulation of the problem
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13.3 The constant density planetary circulation
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13.3.1 The bottom Ekman layer
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13.3.2 The free surface Ekman layer
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13.3.3 The planetary Sverdrup-Stommel theory
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13.4 The planetary two-layer model
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13.5 Thermocline theory
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