INDEX
Advection, 117, 492
Altimetry, 147, 156
Air-ice fluxes, 237
Air-sea
interactions, 229, 375
fluxes, 233
turbulent fluxes, 239
Assimilation, see Data
assimilation
Baroclinic instability, 101
Biogeochemical modelling, 497,
500
Boundary conditions, 86
absorbing, 137
characteristics, 137
flux, 230
heat, 230
kinematic, 32, 35
open, 127, 129, 132
radiation, 135
relaxation, 134
surface, 50
Bulk
flux, 249
formulae, 243
Business applications, 483
Climatology, 229
flux, 255
Coastal, 549
observatories, 549
Convection, 90
Coordinates, 24
depth, 59
hybrid, 109, 413
isopycnal, 67
pressure, 65
sigma, 63
vertical, 33, 57, 109
Data
ARGO, 212, 223
coastal observatories, 553
coastal radar, 203, 549
coverage, 193, 208
in situ, 191
floats, 195
gliders, 201
GOSUD, 216
OceanSITES, 216
management, 208, 212, 217,
429, 473
meterological, 343
moorings, 199
observing methods, 191
platforms, 195, 199
quality control, 222
research vessels, 198
sampling, 193
selection, 343
ship sections, 197
space, 147
surface data, 214
surface drifters, 197
systems, 208, 367
timeliness, 210
variables, 192
VOS, 199, 214
Data assimilation, 271, 317, 372
4DVAR, 343, 350, 362,
388, 507
adaptativity, 304, 356
adjoint method, 350