406
DYNAMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Gulf Stream, 33, 48
Heinrich event, 41
Helmholtz theorem, 87
Hermite functions, 256
Hermite polynomials, 256
Holocene, 380
hydrographic measurement, 14
hydrographic measurements, 195
Ice age cycles, 41
ice core record, 378
inertia-gravity wave
equatorial, 258
inertial boundary layer, 144
inertial oscillation, 69, 164
inertial time scale, 55
instability
baroclinic, 229
barotropic, 225
interfacial form stress, 349, 352
interfacial friction, 364
internal Rossby deformation radius, 60, 68, 190
interstadial, 380
isobars, 75
isopycnals, 75
isotope ratio, 378
Jacobian matrix, 389
Java Ocean Atlas, 9
JEBAR effect, 346, 352
Kelvin wave
equatorial, 256, 281
midlatitude, 163
Kuo criterium, 225
Kuroshio, 33
Last Glacial Maximum, 380
linear stability, 388
long wave approximation, 205
Makarov basin, 354
mechanism
baroclinic instability, 229
barotropic instability, 226
Equatorial Counter Current, 254
Kelvin wave propagation, 164
Rossby wave propagation, 168
salt advection feedback, 390
thermal wind balance, 183
thermocline feedback, 283
upwelling feedback, 283
western intensification, 142
Mediterranean, 49
meridional overturning circulation, 395
meridional overturning streamfunction, 341, 382
mixed layer
equatorial, 280
multiple equilibria, 383
Munk boundary layer, 137
Nansen basin, 354
neutral surface, 24
NINO3, 276
Nordic Seas, 355
North Atlantic Deep Water, 15, 35
North Equatorial Current, 244
Ocean Data View, 9
ocean freshwater transport, 38
ocean heat transport, 37
ocean waves
Rossby, 187, 203
outcropline, 318
outcropping, 314
pitchfork bifurcation, 150
Poincar´ e wave, 161
Polar Front, 330
potential density, 19
potential energy, 232
potential temperature, 17, 23
potential vorticity, 78, 145, 179, 194, 315, 361
practical salinity unit, 11
precipitation, 30
quasi-geostrpohic potential vorticity, 123
reduced gravity, 215
reduced gravity model, 251
regime diagram, 387
Reynolds’ stress, 226
Rossby basin modes, 215
Rossby deformation radius, 343
Rossby number
midlatitude, 59
planetary, 300
Rossby wave
baroclinic, 188
barotropic, 188
equatorial, 256, 281
midlatitude, 168
topographic, 192
saddle-node bifurcation, 149
salt advection feedback, 390
satellite measurements, 9
shadow zone, 317
shallow-water equations, 79
shallow-water potential vorticity, 85
short wave approximation, 209
single-gyre flow, 147
SOI, 276
South Equatorial Current, 244
DYNAMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Gulf Stream, 33, 48
Heinrich event, 41
Helmholtz theorem, 87
Hermite functions, 256
Hermite polynomials, 256
Holocene, 380
hydrographic measurement, 14
hydrographic measurements, 195
Ice age cycles, 41
ice core record, 378
inertia-gravity wave
equatorial, 258
inertial boundary layer, 144
inertial oscillation, 69, 164
inertial time scale, 55
instability
baroclinic, 229
barotropic, 225
interfacial form stress, 349, 352
interfacial friction, 364
internal Rossby deformation radius, 60, 68, 190
interstadial, 380
isobars, 75
isopycnals, 75
isotope ratio, 378
Jacobian matrix, 389
Java Ocean Atlas, 9
JEBAR effect, 346, 352
Kelvin wave
equatorial, 256, 281
midlatitude, 163
Kuo criterium, 225
Kuroshio, 33
Last Glacial Maximum, 380
linear stability, 388
long wave approximation, 205
Makarov basin, 354
mechanism
baroclinic instability, 229
barotropic instability, 226
Equatorial Counter Current, 254
Kelvin wave propagation, 164
Rossby wave propagation, 168
salt advection feedback, 390
thermal wind balance, 183
thermocline feedback, 283
upwelling feedback, 283
western intensification, 142
Mediterranean, 49
meridional overturning circulation, 395
meridional overturning streamfunction, 341, 382
mixed layer
equatorial, 280
multiple equilibria, 383
Munk boundary layer, 137
Nansen basin, 354
neutral surface, 24
NINO3, 276
Nordic Seas, 355
North Atlantic Deep Water, 15, 35
North Equatorial Current, 244
Ocean Data View, 9
ocean freshwater transport, 38
ocean heat transport, 37
ocean waves
Rossby, 187, 203
outcropline, 318
outcropping, 314
pitchfork bifurcation, 150
Poincar´ e wave, 161
Polar Front, 330
potential density, 19
potential energy, 232
potential temperature, 17, 23
potential vorticity, 78, 145, 179, 194, 315, 361
practical salinity unit, 11
precipitation, 30
quasi-geostrpohic potential vorticity, 123
reduced gravity, 215
reduced gravity model, 251
regime diagram, 387
Reynolds’ stress, 226
Rossby basin modes, 215
Rossby deformation radius, 343
Rossby number
midlatitude, 59
planetary, 300
Rossby wave
baroclinic, 188
barotropic, 188
equatorial, 256, 281
midlatitude, 168
topographic, 192
saddle-node bifurcation, 149
salt advection feedback, 390
satellite measurements, 9
shadow zone, 317
shallow-water equations, 79
shallow-water potential vorticity, 85
short wave approximation, 209
single-gyre flow, 147
SOI, 276
South Equatorial Current, 244