Dynamics of the Equatorial Ocean

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the theory of equatorially-confined waves and currents in the ocean. Among the topics treated are inertial and shear instabilities, wave generation by coastal reflection, semiannual and annual cycles in the tropic sea, transient equatorial waves, vertically-propagating beams, equatorial Ekman layers, the Yoshida jet model, generation of coastal Kelvin waves from equatorial waves by reflection, Rossby solitary waves, and Kelvin frontogenesis. A series of appendices on midlatitude theories for waves, jets and wave reflections add further material to assist the reader in understanding the differences between the same phenomenon in the equatorial zone versus higher latitudes.

Aceasta carte este prima introducere cuprinzatoare a teoriei valurilor si a curentilor confinati ecuatorial in ocean. Printre subiectele tratate se numara instabilitatile inertiale si de forfecare, generarea undelor prin reflectia litorala, ciclurile semianuale si anuale in marea tropicala, undele ecuatoriale tranzitorii, grinzile cu propagare verticala, straturile Ekman ecuatoriale, modelul cu jet Yoshida, generarea undelor Kelvin de coasta din ecuatorial unde prin reflexie, unde solitare Rossby si frontogeneza Kelvin.