Index
407
speed of sound, 20
spin-up problem, 208
static stability, 16
Stommel boundary layer
midlatitude, 139
planetary, 308
Subantarctic Front, 330
Sverdrup balance
Arctic, 361
midlatitude, 131
planetary, 308, 316
Taylor column, 87
thermal wind balance
midlatitude, 183
planetary, 308
thermobaricity, 25
thermocline
equatorial, 248, 280, 281
midlatitude, 298
thermocline feedback, 283
thermocline scale, 319
thermohaline circulation, 378
TOGA, 9
Topex, 9
tornado, 87
trade winds, 279
trajectory, 385
two-layer model
midlatitude, 200
planetary, 308
upwelling
equatorial, 244, 280, 282
midlatitude, 119
upwelling feedback, 283
vertical structure functions, 187
vortex tube, 72
vorticity diffusion, 76
vorticity equation, 73
warm pool, 246
wave characteristics, 292
wave packet, 190
wave reflection, 205
West Spitsbergen Current, 357
wind stress, 28
WOCE, 9
Yanai wave, 259
Younger Dryas, 380
zonal advection feedback, 292