Ocean Currents: Physical Drivers in a Changing World opens with a general introduction to the character, measurement, and simulation of ocean currents, leading to a physical and dynamical framework for understanding the wide variety of flows encountered in the oceans. The book comprises chapters covering distinct aspects of contrasting ocean currents: broad and slow, deep and shallow, narrow and swift, large scale and small scale, low latitudes and high latitudes, and moving in horizontal and vertical planes. Through this approach the authors cover a wide range of applications, from local to global, with considerable geographical context.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Acknowledgements - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1. The restless ocean - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Frameworks, data, and methods - p. 25 9. Chapter 3. Surface drift, gyres, and the fate of plastic - p. 63 10. Chapter 4. Western boundary currents and drifting organisms - p. 103 11. Chapter 5. Eastern boundary currents, upwelling, and high biological productivity - p. 145 12. Chapter 6. The tropical oceans, interannual climate variability, and ecosystem adaptation - p. 189 13. Chapter 7. From the northern subpolar oceans to the Arctic and its retreating sea ice - p. 241 14. Chapter 8. From the Southern Ocean to Antarctica and its changing ice shelves - p. 303 15. Chapter 9. Processes and flows in marginal seas - p. 375 16. Chapter 10. Ocean boundaries, connectivity, and inter-ocean exchanges - p. 449 17. Chapter 11. The global circulation and transformation of water masses - p. 461 18. Chapter 12. Ocean currents, heat transport, and climate - p. 497 19. Epilogue: Looking ahead - p. 521 20. Index - p. 527
Ocean Currents: Physical Drivers in a Changing World opens with a general introduction to the character, measurement, and simulation of ocean currents, leading to a physical and dynamical framework for understanding the wide variety of flows encountered in the oceans. The book comprises chapters covering distinct aspects of contrasting ocean currents: broad and slow, deep and shallow, narrow and swift, large scale and small scale, low latitudes and high latitudes, and moving in horizontal and vertical planes. Through this approach the authors cover a wide range of applications, from local to global, with considerable geographical context.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Acknowledgements - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1. The restless ocean - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Frameworks, data, and methods - p. 25 9. Chapter 3. Surface drift, gyres, and the fate of plastic - p. 63 10. Chapter 4. Western boundary currents and drifting organisms - p. 103 11. Chapter 5. Eastern boundary currents, upwelling, and high biological productivity - p. 145 12. Chapter 6. The tropical oceans, interannual climate variability, and ecosystem adaptation - p. 189 13. Chapter 7. From the northern subpolar oceans to the Arctic and its retreating sea ice - p. 241 14. Chapter 8. From the Southern Ocean to Antarctica and its changing ice shelves - p. 303 15. Chapter 9. Processes and flows in marginal seas - p. 375 16. Chapter 10. Ocean boundaries, connectivity, and inter-ocean exchanges - p. 449 17. Chapter 11. The global circulation and transformation of water masses - p. 461 18. Chapter 12. Ocean currents, heat transport, and climate - p. 497 19. Epilogue: Looking ahead - p. 521 20. Index - p. 527
