Machine generated contents note: 1. Basic physical principles and equations; 2. Reduced equations for large-scale motion; 3. Planetary geostrophic vorticity dynamics; 4. Stratified large-scale flow; 5. Circulation in a simple rectangular basin; 6. Eddy-driven subsurface motion; 7. Circumpolar flow; 8. Mid-depth meridional overturning; 9. Thermohaline effects; 10. Theory and observation.
The theory of large-scale ocean circulation by R. M. Samelson. ISBN 9781107001886. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.