Dynamics of the Equatorial Ocean

1. An Observational Overview of the Equatorial Ocean
John P. Boyd

2. Basic Equations and Normal Modes
John P. Boyd

3. Kelvin, Yanai, Rossby and Gravity Waves
John P. Boyd

4. The “Long Wave” Approximation & Geostrophy
John P. Boyd

5. The Equator as Wall: Coastally Trapped Waves and Ray-Tracing
John P. Boyd

6. Reflections and Boundaries
John P. Boyd

7. Response of the Equatorial Ocean to Periodic Forcing
John P. Boyd

8. Impulsive Forcing and Spin-Up
John P. Boyd

9. Yoshida Jet and Theories of the Undercurrent
John P. Boyd

10. Stratified Models of Mean Currents
John P. Boyd

11. Waves and Beams in the Continuously Stratified Ocean
John P. Boyd

12. Stable Linearized Waves in a Shear Flow
John P. Boyd

13. Inertial Instability, Pancakes and Deep Internal Jets
John P. Boyd

14. Kelvin Wave Instability: Critical Latitudes and Exponentially Small Effects
John P. Boyd

15. Nonmodal Instability
John P. Boyd

16. Nonlinear Equatorial Waves
John P. Boyd

17. Nonlinear Wavepackets and Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation
John P. Boyd

Nyckelord: Earth Sciences, Oceanography, Geophysics/Geodesy, Climatology