Index
175
Shallow-water process, 68, 123
Shapiro f lter, 73, 76, 77, 93, 121, 130
Stability frequency, 35–36, 39, 58
Steady-state motion, 20
Strouhal instability, 113
T
Taylor series, 65–66
Temporal Rossby number, 63, 122, 135
Thermal-wind equations, 123
Topographic steering, 127, 129–132
Tracer
Eulerian, 104, 106, 107, 109, 111, 116,
117, 130, 131, 135, 159, 160
Lagrangian, 104
Truncation error, 10, 67–68
Turbulence, 30, 57–60, 113
TVD advection scheme, 106, 111, 112
V
Vorticity
planetary, 126, 127
absolute, 126
relative, 125, 126, 127, 130, 131, 142, 153,
155, 158, 160
potential, 124, 126–127, 130, 153, 154, 156
W
Wave
circular, 94
interference, 25–26
period, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 62, 68, 69, 87,
121, 128
plane, 21, 96
refraction, 95–98
shoaling, 85
standing, 25, 86, 131
Wavelength, 20, 21, 24, 25, 61, 62, 67, 68, 69,
71, 73, 85, 87, 96, 98, 121, 128, 131,
132, 134, 135, 158, 159
Western boundary current, 143–144, 147, 149,
158
Westward intensification 143
Wind stress, 61, 99, 101, 119, 121, 130, 135,
141, 145, 146, 156
Windstress curl, 141