Nonlinear Physical Oceanography: A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Niño [1 ed.] 0792365224, 9780792365228

In this book, the methodology of dynamical systems theory is applied to investigate the physics of the global ocean circ

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Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-31
Background Material....Pages 33-53
A Dynamical Systems Point of View....Pages 55-103
Numerical Techniques....Pages 105-150
The Wind-Driven Ocean Circulation....Pages 151-224
The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation....Pages 225-320
The Dynamics and Physics of ENSO....Pages 321-427
Back Matter....Pages 429-458

Nonlinear Physical Oceanography: A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Niño [1 ed.]
 0792365224, 9780792365228

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