Wind Driven Ocean Circulation|Physical Oceanography Course|Marine Technology

Lectures

1. Physical Setting
2. Atmospheric Influences
3. Oceanic Heat Budget
4. Temperature, Salinity, and Density
5. Equations of Motion
6. Equations of Motion With Viscosity
7. Response of the Upper Ocean to Winds
8. Geostrophic Currents
9. Wind Driven Ocean Circulation
10. Vorticity in the Ocean
11. Deep Circulation in the Ocean
12. Equatorial Processes
13. Numerical Models
14. Ocean Waves
15. Coastal Processes and Tides

Physical Oceanography - Lecture 9

Lecture 9 - Wind Driven Ocean Circulation

Sverdrup's Theory of the Oceanic Circulation
Stommel's Theory of Western Boundary Currents
Munk's Solution
Observed Circulation in the Atlantic
Important Concepts

Prof. Robert H. Stewart
Introduction to Physical Oceanography
(Texas A&M University)
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu
Date accessed: 2009-04-08
License: Not applicable

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